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CVE-2011-2517

Date: May 24, 2012

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-2517
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2517
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2517
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2517

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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