Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-2893

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Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-2893

Published: September 16, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42581
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-2013-2893
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 Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_LOGITECH_FF, CONFIG_LOGIG940_FF, or CONFIG_LOGIWHEELS_FF is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-lgff.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-lg3ff.c, and (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg4ff.c.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2013-2893

Install update from vendor's website.

linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.6.32-53.115, 3.2.0-57.87, 3.5.0-43.66, 3.8.0-33.48
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-43.66~precise1
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.8.0-33.48~precise1

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