CVE-2014-8709

 

Published at: - 10-11-2014 12:55

Last modified: - 21-09-2022 08:44

Total changes: - 2

Description

The ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 does not properly maintain a certain tail pointer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by reading packets.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

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

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.5
• [oss-security] 20141109 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel mac80211 plain text leak-
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f
• 70965-
• SUSE-SU-2015:0481-
• RHSA-2015:0290-
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0566-
• SUSE-SU-2015:0652-
• RHSA-2015:1272-
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
• 1037968-
• linux-kernel-cve20148709-info-disclsoure(98922)-

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2014-8709

 

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