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Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: buffer overflow via cfg80211_mgd_wext_giwessid
December 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Linux, openSUSE Leap, Slackware, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, denial of service on
server, denial of service on service.
Provenance: radio connection.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 07/10/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via
cfg80211_mgd_wext_giwessid() of the Linux kernel, in order to
trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-buffer-overflow-via-cfg80211-mgd-wext-giwessid-30537
