CVE-2011-2517

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2517
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-05-24T23:55:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T01:20:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.39.2
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2 Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2517
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2517
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:39:27 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 02:03:23 2023-02-13T01:20:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 02:03:23 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated