CVE-2013-4579
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 19, 2013
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 12, 2013
Description
The ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- USN-2135-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2138-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2113-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2141-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20131114 Re: CVE request: ath9k_htc improperly updates MAC addressmailing-list
- USN-2136-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2139-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2134-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2117-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2133-1vendor-advisory
- http://www.mathyvanhoef.com/2013/11/unmasking-spoofed-mac-address.html
- [ath9k-devel] 20131110 Security Bug: MAC address not properly configuredmailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=729573
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