CVE-2008-4395

Multiple buffer overflows in the ndiswrapper module 1.53 for the Linux kernel 2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets over a local wireless network that specify long ESSIDs.

Score

CVSS 2.0 8.3 High

Status

Modified - security@ubuntu.com

Published

2008-11-06

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Linux Kernel (Ubuntu)

References

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239371
• http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-current.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=49945b423c2f7e33b4c579ca460df6a…
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32509
• http://www.mail-archive.com/frugalware-git%40frugalware.org/msg22366.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32118
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021142
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-2
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2008-4395
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275860
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46437