Published: 24/05/2012 Updated: 13/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 642

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

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Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues and various bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 56 Extended Update SupportThe Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update ...

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2011-1020 Kees Cook discovered an issue in the /proc filesystem that allows local users to gain access to sensitive process in ...

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

CWE-119 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1813 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/1241-1/https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-2303

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