Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-4395
Published: November 6, 2008 / Updated: August 8, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95735
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-4395
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Multiple buffer overflows in the ndiswrapper module 1.53 for the Linux kernel 2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets over a local wireless network that specify long ESSIDs.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Gentoo Linux
net-wireless/ndiswrapper
Gentoo Linux
net-wireless/ndiswrapper
How to mitigate CVE-2008-4395
Install update from vendor's repository.
net-wireless/ndiswrapper - update to 1.53-r1
External References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239371
- http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-current.git;a=commitdiff;h=49945b423c2f7e33b4c579ca460df6a806ee8f9f
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32509
- http://www.mail-archive.com/frugalware-git@frugalware.org/msg22366.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32118
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021142
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-2
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2008-4395
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275860
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46437