Improper Input Validation Affecting gpsd package, versions <3.6-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.53% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GPSD-517321
  • published6 Feb 2014
  • disclosed6 Feb 2014

Introduced: 6 Feb 2014

CVE-2013-2038  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 gpsd to version 3.6-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gpsd package and not the gpsd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1