CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-8709
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-11-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 does not properly maintain a certain tail pointer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by reading packets.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 3.13.4)
• linux linux kernel 3.13
• linux linux kernel 3.13.1
• linux linux kernel 3.13.2
• linux linux kernel 3.13.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.5 www.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/09/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70965 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98922 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f github.com
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html source.android.com
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.5 www.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/09/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70965 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98922 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f github.com
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html source.android.com