6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.3%
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.
ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
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