CVE-2013-2038

Public Exploit

Description

The NMEA0183 driver in gpsd before 3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a GPS packet with a malformed $GPGGA interpreted sentence that lacks certain fields and a terminator. NOTE: a separate issue in the AIS driver was also reported, but it might not be a vulnerability.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.01% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gpsd.git/commit/?id=dd9c3c2830cb8f8fd8491ce68c82698dc5538f50 patch exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/93000 vdb entry
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1820-1 vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/1 mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/02/20 mailing list
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gpsd-dev/2013-05/msg00000.html mailing list
http://www.osvdb.org/93001 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2038?
CVE-2013-2038 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2038?
To fix CVE-2013-2038, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-2038 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-2038 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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