PT-2014-8684 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Jouni Malinen

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Published

2014-02-24

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Updated

2017-09-08

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CVE-2014-8709

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.13.5
Description The issue is related to the ieee80211 fragment function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly maintain a certain tail pointer. This allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by reading packets.
Recommendations For versions prior to 3.13.5, update to version 3.13.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1237
ALT-PU-2014-2064
CESA-2015_0290
CESA-2015_1272
CVE-2014-8709
DLA-118-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2014_1669-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2014_1677-1
RHSA-2015:0290
RHSA-2015:1272
RHSA-2015_0290
RHSA-2015_1272
SUSE-RU-2015:0621-1
SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1
SUSE-SU-2015:0581-1
SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1
SUSE-SU-2015:0736-1
SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1
SUSE-SU-2015:1376-1
USN-2175-1
USN-2177-1
USN-2221-1
USN-2227-1
USN-2441-1
USN-2442-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse