CVE - CVE-2013-1773

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-1773	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MISC:23248 URL:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23248/ MISC:58200 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58200 MISC:88310 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/88310~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2013:0744 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html MISC:RHSA-2013:0928 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html MISC:RHSA-2013:1026 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html MISC:[oss-security] 20130226 Re: CVE request - Linux kernel: VFAT slab-based buffer overflow URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/8 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.3.bz2 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.3.bz2 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916115 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916115 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd
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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