Release Date: | 2012-12-09 |
Buffer overflow in the VFAT filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a VFAT write operation on a filesystem with the utf8 mount option, which is not properly handled during UTF-8 to UTF-16 conversion.
See more information about CVE-2013-1773 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 6.2 | Base Metrics: | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Access Vector: | Local network | Attack Complexity: | High |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
Integrity Impact: | Complete | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2013-2513 | 2013-04-11 |
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel) | ELSA-2013-0744 | 2013-04-23 |
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2013-2513 | 2013-04-11 |
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