CVE-2013-2852 (GCVE-0-2013-2852)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-06-07 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 15:52
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the b43_request_firmware function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c in the Broadcom B43 wireless driver in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and including format string specifiers in an fwpostfix modprobe parameter, leading to improper construction of an error message.
References
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1919-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git/commit/?id=9538cbaab6e8b8046039b4b2eb6c9d614dc782bd x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1920-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1915-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1918-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1917-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1916-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1450.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969518 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1914-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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