PT-2013-3382 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Prasad Pandit · Published 2013-02-26 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2013-1773

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.3

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the VFAT filesystem implementation. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash. This occurs when a VFAT write operation is performed on a filesystem with the utf8 mount option, which is not properly handled during UTF-8 to UTF-16 conversion.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.3, update to version 3.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2013-1178

CESA-2013_0744

CVE-2013-1773

DSA-2668-1

RHSA-2013:0566

RHSA-2013:0744

RHSA-2013:0928

RHSA-2013:1026

RHSA-2013_0744

SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1

USN-1756-1

USN-1760-1

USN-1775-1

USN-1776-1

USN-1778-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 28

• 🔥 https://github.com/tempbottle/CVE-2014-0196 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/23248 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/23248 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1773 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1776-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1775-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1773 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1773 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1756-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1773 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1773 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-1773 · Vendor Advisory