CVE-2013-4579

CVE Details

Release Date:	2013-11-14
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

The ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-44.el6uek)	ELSA-2014-3070	2014-08-22
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3070	2014-08-22
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-44.el7uek)	ELSA-2014-3070	2014-08-22
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2014-3070	2014-08-22