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    CVE-2013-1929

    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.

    Published:Mar 27, 2013
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jun 7, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.00157
    CVSS Score:4.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Mrg

    Exploits

    http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdfhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdfhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424

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    References

    http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdf
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101836.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/06/3
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1835-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949932
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424
    http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdf
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101836.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/06/3
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1835-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949932
    https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424

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