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CVE-2008-4395

Multiple buffer overflows in the ndiswrapper module 1.53 for the Linux kernel 2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets over a local wireless network that specify long ESSIDs.

Published

2008-11-06T15:55:51.667

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 8.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

6.5

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	2.6	Yes
Operating System	ubuntu	linux_kernel	≤ 2.6.26	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239371 ([email protected])
http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-current.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=49945b423c2f7e33b4c579ca460df6a806ee8f9f ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32509 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mail-archive.com/frugalware-git%40frugalware.org/msg22366.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32118 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021142 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-2 ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2008-4395 ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275860 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46437 ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239371 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-current.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=49945b423c2f7e33b4c579ca460df6a806ee8f9f (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32509 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mail-archive.com/frugalware-git%40frugalware.org/msg22366.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32118 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021142 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2008-4395 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275860 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46437 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)