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CVE-2011-2517

CVE Details

Release Date:2012-05-24
Impact:Important What is this?

Description


Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a long SSID value.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 7.2
Vector String: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete
Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2011-12122011-09-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2011-20252011-08-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2011-12122011-09-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-200.19.1.el5uek)ELSA-2011-20252011-08-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-274.3.1.0.1.el5)ELSA-2011-12122011-09-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)ELSA-2011-11892011-08-23
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)ELSA-2011-20252011-08-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-200.19.1.el6uek)ELSA-2011-20252011-08-24


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