CVE - CVE-2013-2038

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-2038	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The NMEA0183 driver in gpsd before 3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a GPS packet with a malformed $GPGGA interpreted sentence that lacks certain fields and a terminator. NOTE: a separate issue in the AIS driver was also reported, but it might not be a vulnerability.
References
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CONFIRM:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gpsd.git/commit/?id=dd9c3c2830cb8f8fd8491ce68c82698dc5538f50 MLIST:[gpsd-dev] 20130501 3.9 is released URL:http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gpsd-dev/2013-05/msg00000.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20130502 Re: CVE Request -- gpsd 3.9 fixing a denial of service flaw URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/02/20 MLIST:[oss-security] 20130507 Re: CVE Request -- gpsd 3.9 fixing a denial of service flaw URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/1 OSVDB:93000 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/93000~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:93001 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/93001~~ (Obsolete source) UBUNTU:USN-1820-1 URL:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1820-1
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130219	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130219)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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