National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5134
Original release date:11/18/2008
Last revised:02/12/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in the lbs_process_bss function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c in the libertas subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.5 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an "invalid beacon/probe response."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (02/04/2009)
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This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
The issue was addressed in the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise MRG via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470761
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-714-1
External Source: BID
Name: 32484
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0053
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1681
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33854
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33706
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33641
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32998
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081111 CVE request: kernel: libertas: fix buffer overrun
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2009:004
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=48735d8d8bd701b1e0cd3d49c21e5e385ddcb077
External Source: MLIST
Name: [linux-wireless] 20081029 [PATCH] libertas: fix buffer overrun
