CVE-2013-1929

CVE Details

Release Date:2013-03-27

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.

See more information about CVE-2013-1929 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


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

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2013-10342013-07-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2013-1034-12013-07-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2013-25252013-06-12
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2013-25342013-06-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.29.1.el5uek)ELSA-2013-25342013-06-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-348.12.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2013-1034-12013-07-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-348.12.1.el5)ELSA-2013-10342013-07-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.29.1.el5uek)ELSA-2013-25342013-06-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-348.12.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2013-1034-12013-07-10
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-348.12.1.el5)ELSA-2013-10342013-07-10
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2013-16452013-11-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2013-25252013-06-12
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2013-25342013-06-11
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.29.1.el6uek)ELSA-2013-25342013-06-11
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.29.1.el6uek)ELSA-2013-25342013-06-11



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