Executive Summary

Summary
Title Aircrack-ng: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201411-08 First vendor Publication 2014-11-23
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-11-23
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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Aircrack-ng, possibly resulting in local privilege escalation, remote code execution, 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

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Aircrack-ng. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local attacker can use this flaw to execute arbitrary code or gain escalated privileges. A remote attacker execute 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-1.2_rc1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8321 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8321
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-8322 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8322
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-8323 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8323
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-8324 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8324

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-08.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-08.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 28

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-02-06 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-028.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-24 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201411-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-14233.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-14247.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-14283.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2017-11-09 01:02:23
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2017-10-17 21:25:23
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2014-11-26 13:28:28
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2014-11-23 21:21:11
  • First insertion