6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.5%
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.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 10.04 | noarch | linux | <Â 2.6.32-49.111 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux | <Â 3.2.0-51.77 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | linux | <Â 3.5.0-37.58 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 13.04 | noarch | linux | <Â 3.8.0-27.40 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux-armadaxp | <Â 3.2.0-1623.34 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | linux-armadaxp | <Â 3.5.0-1618.26 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 10.04 | noarch | linux-ec2 | <Â 2.6.32-354.67 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux-lts-quantal | <Â 3.5.0-37.58~precise1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux-lts-raring | <Â 3.8.0-29.42~precise1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux-ti-omap4 | <Â 3.2.0-1436.55 | UNKNOWN |
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git/commit/?id=9538cbaab6e8b8046039b4b2eb6c9d614dc782bd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969518
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2852
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2852
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2852
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1899-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1900-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1914-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1915-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1916-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1917-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1918-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1919-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1920-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1930-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1936-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2852