Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3_read_vpd function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted firmware that specifies a long string in the Vital Product Data (VPD) data structure.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2013-06-07T10:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:37.351Z
Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2013-1929

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2013-06-07T14:03:18.517
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2013-1929
