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Bug 471892 (CVE-2013-2850)

Summary: Kernel : "iscsi_add_notunderstood_response()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2013-2850)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: kernel
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://secunia.com/advisories/53670/
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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2013-05-31 10:07:12 UTC
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Description
A vulnerability has been reported in Linux Kernel, which can be 
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the 
"iscsi_add_notunderstood_response()" function 
(drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c) when parsing keys and 
can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by sending overly 
long keys.

Successful exploitation requires that the iSCSI target is configured to 
listen on the network.


Solution
Fixed in the GIT repository.
Further details available to Secunia VIM customers

Provided and/or discovered by
The vendor credits Kees Cook.

Original Advisory
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2013/CVE-2013-2850.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968036
Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2013-08-30 01:43:40 UTC
CVE-2013-2850 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2850):
  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.
Comment 2 John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2021-10-25 00:53:47 UTC
In 3.10 onwards