Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: buffer overflow via mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies
August 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: Debian, Linux, openSUSE Leap, Slackware, SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 17/06/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
– An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via
mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies() of the Linux kernel, in order to
trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-buffer-overflow-via-mwifiex-uap-parse-tail-ies-29542