Executive Summary

Summary
Title Aircrack-ng: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201310-06 First vendor Publication 2013-10-07
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2013-10-07
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability in Aircrack-ng could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured.

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Aircrack-ng.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted dump file using Aircrack-ng, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Aircrack-ng users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-wireless/aircrack-ng-1.1-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1159 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1159

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-06.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-06.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 25
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-10-20 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-251.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201310-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2014-02-17 11:37:48
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-29 21:22:57
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-29 13:21:55
  • Multiple Updates
2013-10-07 13:19:16
  • First insertion