CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-2517
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-05-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.39.2)
• redhat enterprise linux 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2 Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03 git.kernel.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2 Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03 git.kernel.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03 Patch, Third Party Advisory