CVE-2013-1929

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    CVE-2013-1929

    Published: 7 Jun 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176, 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, http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdf, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949932, 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://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/06/3

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High