Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-2058
Published: November 4, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42401
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-2013-2058
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.
The host_start function in drivers/usb/chipidea/host.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 does not properly support a certain non-streaming option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by sending a large amount of network traffic through a USB/Ethernet adapter.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2058
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/05/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=959210
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f