CVE-2013-1929
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-1929 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-06-07 14:03:18 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Linux | Linux Kernel | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.kernel.org | |
| USN-1838-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| USN-1834-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1474-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| USN-1836-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:1971-1: moderate: kernel: security and bugfix update | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| oss-security - Re: CVE Request: tg3 VPD firmware -> driver injection | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:176 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Bug 949932 – CVE-2013-1929 Kernel: tg3: buffer overflow in VPD firmware parsing | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1473-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| USN-1835-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| tg3: fix length overflow in VPD firmware parsing · torvalds/linux@715230a · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Exploit, Patch |
| www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kernel.org | |
| cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdf | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | cansecwest.com | Exploit |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: kernel-3.8.6-203.fc18 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree | MITRE | git.kernel.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.