CVE-2013-1929
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1929
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-1929.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-1929
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2013-06-07T14:03:18Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3readvpd 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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- 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://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