CVE-2014-8709

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-11-06

Description

An information leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's IEEE 802.11 wireless networking implementation. When software encryption was used, a remote attacker could use this flaw to leak up to 8 bytes of plaintext.

See more information about CVE-2014-8709 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	1.8	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3014	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.2.el5uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.2.el5uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-1272	2015-07-28
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3014	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.2.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3015	2015-03-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-0290	2015-03-11

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