CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-4648

3.3 LOW Published 2012-06-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2012-06-21
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 3.3 LOW — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The orinoco_ioctl_set_auth function in drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a TKIP protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to a Wi-Fi network by reading Wi-Fi frames.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.36.4) • linux linux kernel 2.6.36.1 • linux linux kernel 2.6.36.2 • linux linux kernel 2.6.36.3

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 ftp.osuosl.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48 git.kernel.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/18 Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667907 Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48 Exploit, Patch
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37 ftp.osuosl.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48 git.kernel.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/18 Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667907 Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48 Exploit, Patch