PT-2009-5202 · Linux · Linux Kernel
Dann Frazier
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Publicado
2009-08-18
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Atualizado
2012-03-19
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CVE-2009-2844
CVSS v2.0
7.8
Alta
| Vetor | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.31-rc6
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a sequence of beacon frames. This is achieved by sending one frame that omits an SSID Information Element (IE) and a subsequent frame that contains an SSID IE, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the
cmp ies function.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.31-rc6, update to version 2.6.31-rc6 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploit
Correção
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