Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-2517 First vendor Publication 2012-05-24
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2517

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

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

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15056
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15056
Title: USN-1278-1 -- Linux (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities
Description: linux-lts-backport-maverick: Linux kernel backport from Maverick Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1278-1
CVE-2011-1585
CVE-2011-2183
CVE-2011-2491
CVE-2011-2496
CVE-2011-2517
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 10.04
 Product(s): Linux
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15067
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15067
Title: USN-1272-1 -- Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Description: linux: Linux kernel Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1272-1
CVE-2011-1585
CVE-2011-2183
CVE-2011-2491
CVE-2011-2496
CVE-2011-2517
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 10.10
 Product(s): Linux
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20576
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20576
Title: VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party library and ESX Service Console
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-2517
 Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1393
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1212 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1212_kernel_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2012:0007 centos5
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0007_kernel_centos5.nasl
2012-07-09 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1189-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1189-01_kernel.nasl
2012-03-15 Name : VMSA-2012-0001 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party library and ESX Ser...
File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2012-0001.nasl
2012-01-13 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2012:0007-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0007-01_kernel.nasl
2011-12-05 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1286-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1286_1.nasl
2011-12-02 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1285-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1285_1.nasl
2011-12-02 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2011-16346
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_16346_kernel_fc14.nasl
2011-11-25 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1281-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1281_1.nasl
2011-11-25 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-ec2 USN-1269-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1269_1.nasl
2011-11-25 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux USN-1272-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1272_1.nasl
2011-11-25 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-mvl-dove USN-1274-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1274_1.nasl
2011-11-25 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-maverick USN-1278-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1278_1.nasl
2011-11-25 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-natty USN-1279-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1279_1.nasl
2011-11-11 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-lts-backport-natty USN-1256-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1256_1.nasl
2011-11-08 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2011-15241
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_15241_kernel_fc14.nasl
2011-10-31 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2011-14747
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_14747_kernel_fc14.nasl
2011-10-31 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-fsl-imx51 USN-1241-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1241_1.nasl
2011-10-31 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-ti-omap4 USN-1244-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1244_1.nasl
2011-10-10 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2011-12874
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_12874_kernel_fc14.nasl
2011-09-23 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2011:1212 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_1212_kernel_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-09-12 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1212-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1212-01_kernel.nasl
2011-08-27 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2011-11103
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_11103_kernel_fc14.nasl
2011-07-18 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2011-9130
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_9130_kernel_fc15.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
74658 Linux Kernel trigger_scan / sched_scan SSID Length Handling Bypass

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2012-02-02 IAVM : 2012-A-0020 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0031252

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-03-03 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0001_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-07-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1253.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-756.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-342.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-11-13 Name : The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : vmware_esxi_5_0_build_608089_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1189.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1212.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-2025.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1813.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20110906_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20110823_kernel_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-01-31 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-01-12 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-0007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-01-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-12-05 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1286-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-30 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1285-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1269-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1278-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1279-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1281-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1272-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1274-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1256-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1241-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1244-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2011-1212.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-09 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2303.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-09-07 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1212.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1189.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-08-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-11103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-07-26 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_kernel-110718.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-07-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-9130.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3...
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f...
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