Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-4513

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Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-4513

Published: November 12, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42382
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4513
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Buffer overflow in the oz_cdev_write function in drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted write operation.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2013-4513

Install update from vendor's website.

linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.5.0-45.68, 3.8.0-35.50, 3.11.0-15.23
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-45.68~precise1
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.8.0-35.50~precise1
linux-lts-saucy (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.11.0-15.23~precise1

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