PT-2005-3517 · Kismet · Kismet

Published 2005-08-19 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2005-2627

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kismet versions prior to 2005-08-R1

Description The issue is related to multiple integer underflows that can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved through kernel headers in a pcap file or data frame dissection, leading to heap-based buffer overflows.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2005-08-R1, update to version 2005-08-R1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2627

DSA-788-1

DTSA-1-1

Affected Products

Kismet

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2627 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-788 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-10.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2627 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16447 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_20_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://kismetwireless.net/CHANGELOG · Note
• http://kismetwireless.net/blog/?entry=/kismet/entry-1124158146.txt · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16634 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14430 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1422 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16477 · Note