CVE - CVE-2013-1929

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-1929	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:FEDORA-2013-5368 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101836.html MISC:MDVSA-2013:176 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2013:1645 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2013:1473 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2013:1474 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html MISC:USN-1834-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1 MISC:USN-1835-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1835-1 MISC:USN-1836-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1 MISC:USN-1838-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20130405 Re: CVE Request: tg3 VPD firmware -> driver injection URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/06/3 MISC:http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdf URL:http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdf MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949932 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949932 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2013:1971 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
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)
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