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CVE-2013-1929
Published: Jun 7, 2013
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3_read_vpd function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted firmware that specifies a long string in the Vital Product Data (VPD) data structure.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-1834-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
MDVSA-2013:176
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949932
x_refsource_CONFIRM
SUSE-SU-2013:1473
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2013:1645
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-1835-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdf
x_refsource_MISC
USN-1838-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2013:1971
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-1836-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
SUSE-SU-2013:1474
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6
x_refsource_CONFIRM
FEDORA-2013-5368
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
[oss-security] 20130405 Re: CVE Request: tg3 VPD firmware -> driver injection
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
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