CVE-2013-2850

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2850
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerChrome
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-06-07 14:03:19 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_add_notunderstood_response function in drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c in the iSCSI target subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OOPS) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long key that is not properly handled during construction of an error-response packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.9 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1844-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:1042-1: critical: kernel: security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:1043-1: critical: kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - CVE-2013-2850: Linux kernel iSCSI target heap overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-1846-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:1005-1: critical: kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-1847-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
iscsi-target: fix heap buffer overflow on error · torvalds/linux@cea4dcf · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
USN-1845-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0845-1: critical: Security update for L af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 968036 – CVE-2013-2850 kernel: iscsi-target: heap buffer overflow on large key error af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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