CVE-2013-1929

Kernel: tg3: buffer overflow in VPD firmware parsing

Published Jun 7, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2668-1 linux-2.6 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2669-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1923 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1833-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1834-1 Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1835-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1836-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1838-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1839-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 3:20 PM
Reserved
Feb 19, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 7, 2013, 2:03 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:52 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Mar 27, 2013, 12:00 AM