PT-2013-4011 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4
Kees Cook
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Published
2013-09-13
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Updated
2016-12-31
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CVE-2013-2892
CVSS v2.0
4.7
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 3.12
Description
The issue affects the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel. It allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted device. This is due to a heap-based out-of-bounds write in the
drivers/hid/hid-pl.c file when CONFIG HID PANTHERLORD is enabled.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.12, update to version 3.12 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Fix
DoS
Buffer Overflow
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse