PT-2013-3438 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published 2013-03-22 · Updated 2023-10-05 · CVE-2013-1860

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.4

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the wdm in callback function. This can be exploited by physically proximate attackers using a crafted cdc-wdm USB device, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.8.4, update to version 3.8.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of cdc-wdm USB devices until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1375

CESA-2014_0328

CVE-2013-1860

DSA-2668-1

RHSA-2013:0829

RHSA-2014:0328

RHSA-2014:0339

RHSA-2014_0328

SUSE-SU-2014_1138-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1

USN-1809-1

USN-1811-1

USN-1812-1

USN-1813-1

USN-1814-1

USN-1824-1

USN-1829-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 35

• 🔥 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c0f5ecee4e741667b2493c742b60b6218d40b3aa · Exploit
• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c0f5ecee4e741667b2493c742b60b6218d40b3aa · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1814-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1809-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1860 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-1860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1824-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1811-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0339.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0328.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 · Vendor Advisory