Ubuntu kernel modules vulnerability

2008-11-0600:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

8.3

Attack Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.055

Percentile

93.3%

JSON

Releases

Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 7.10

Packages

linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22 -
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 -

Details

USN-662-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ndiswrapper in Ubuntu 8.10.
This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 8.04 and 7.10.

Original advisory details:

Anders Kaseorg discovered that ndiswrapper did not correctly handle long
ESSIDs. For a system using ndiswrapper, a physically near-by attacker
could generate specially crafted wireless network traffic and execute
arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2008-4395)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu8.04noarchlinux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-server< 2.6.24-21.33UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlinux-headers-lum-2.6.24-21-generic< 2.6.24-21.33UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlinux-headers-lum-2.6.24-21-openvz< 2.6.24-21.33UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlinux-headers-lum-2.6.24-21-rt< 2.6.24-21.33UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlinux-headers-lum-2.6.24-21-server< 2.6.24-21.33UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlinux-headers-lum-2.6.24-21-xen< 2.6.24-21.33UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlinux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic< 2.6.24-21.33UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlinux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-openvz< 2.6.24-21.33UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlinux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-rt< 2.6.24-21.33UNKNOWN
Ubuntu8.04noarchlinux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-xen< 2.6.24-21.33UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-server	< 2.6.24-21.33	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux-headers-lum-2.6.24-21-generic	< 2.6.24-21.33	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux-headers-lum-2.6.24-21-openvz	< 2.6.24-21.33	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux-headers-lum-2.6.24-21-rt	< 2.6.24-21.33	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux-headers-lum-2.6.24-21-server	< 2.6.24-21.33	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux-headers-lum-2.6.24-21-xen	< 2.6.24-21.33	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic	< 2.6.24-21.33	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-openvz	< 2.6.24-21.33	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-rt	< 2.6.24-21.33	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-xen	< 2.6.24-21.33	UNKNOWN