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CVE-2013-2850 Detail

Current Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_add_notunderstood_response function in drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c in the iSCSI target subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OOPS) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long key that is not properly handled during construction of an error-response packet.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cea4dcfdad926a27a18e188720efe0f2c9403456
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00018.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/01/2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1844-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1845-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1846-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1847-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968036
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cea4dcfdad926a27a18e188720efe0f2c9403456

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-2850
NVD Published Date:
06/07/2013
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
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