CVE-2010-4648

Severity

32%

Complexity

65%

Confidentiality

48%

The orinoco_ioctl_set_auth function in drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a TKIP protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to a Wi-Fi network by reading Wi-Fi frames.

The orinoco_ioctl_set_auth function in drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a TKIP protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to a Wi-Fi network by reading Wi-Fi frames.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2012-06-21 23:55:00

Last updated 12 years ago

2012-06-26 04:00:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.36.1

2.6.36.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.36.2

2.6.36.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.36.3

2.6.36.3

Linux Kernel

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48

Patch

[oss-security] 20110106 Re: CVE Request: kernel [Re: Security review of 2.6.32.28]

Patch

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667907

Patch

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48

Exploit, Patch

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