Debian Security Advisory DSA 788-1 (kismet)

The remote host is missing an update to kismet announced via advisory DSA 788-1. Several security related problems have been discovered in kismet, a wireless 802.11b monitoring tool. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2005-2626 Insecure handlin...

CVE-2005-2627

Kismet is affected by CVE-2005-2627 (and CAN-2005-2626 noted in advisories). The issue involves multiple integer underflows in Kismet that can lead to remote code execution via heap-based overflows in two areas: kernel headers in PCAP data and data frame dissection. Debian and Gentoo/OpenVAS advi...

CVE-2005-2627

Multiple integer underflows in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via 1 kernel headers in a pcap file or 2 data frame dissection, which leads to heap-based buffer overflows...