{"id":"CVE-2013-1929","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T05:13:30.527956Z","published":"2013-06-07T14:03:18Z","related":["SUSE-RU-2015:0621-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0581-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0736-1","SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1","SUSE-SU-2015:1376-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1835-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdf"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949932"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101836.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/06/3"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}