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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2013-1773 EUVD-2013-1798GHSA-wrp6-2w63-vpc4

Buffer overflow in the VFAT filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denia…

Published Feb 28, 2013 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Package: linux Ecosystem: Debian

Description

Buffer overflow in the VFAT filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a VFAT write operation on a filesystem with the utf8 mount option, which is not properly handled during UTF-8 to UTF-16 conversion.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 3.2.15-1 —
Debian 13 linux 3.2.15-1 —
Debian 12 linux 3.2.15-1 —
Debian 6.0 linux-2.6 2.6.32-48squeeze3 DSA-2668-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 6 perf +15 2.6.32-358.6.1.el6 RHSA-2013:0744
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 6.3 EUS perf +15 2.6.32-279.31.1.el6 RHSA-2013:0928
RHEL 6.2 EUS perf +15 2.6.32-220.39.1.el6 RHSA-2013:1026
Red Hat MRG 2 kernel-rt +11 3.6.11-rt28.20.el6rt RHSA-2013:0566

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 5

References