CVE-2011-2517

2012-05-2423:55:01

CWE-119

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CVSS2

7.2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack 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

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

JSON

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

Nvd

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange<2.6.39.2

Node

redhatenterprise_linuxMatch5.0

redhatenterprise_linux_desktopMatch5.0

redhatenterprise_linux_serverMatch5.0

redhatenterprise_linux_workstationMatch5.0

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux5.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop5.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux_server5.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation5.0cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
redhat	enterprise_linux	5.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	5.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux_server	5.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:::::::*
redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	5.0	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:::::::*