Description (CNA)
Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a long SSID value.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152