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CVE-2013-1929

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 physi

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Summary

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.

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References 16

ubuntu.com

mandriva.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

lists.opensuse.org

rhn.redhat.com

cansecwest.com

git.kernel.org

GitHub · torvalds/linux

kernel.org

lists.fedoraproject.org

openwall.com