CVE-2014-8709
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 10, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 9, 2014
Description
The ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 does not properly maintain a certain tail pointer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by reading packets.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 1037968vdb-entry
- SUSE-SU-2015:0652vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f
- RHSA-2015:0290vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.5
- SUSE-SU-2015:0481vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0566vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20141109 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel mac80211 plain text leakmailing-list
- linux-kernel-cve20148709-info-disclsoure(98922)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2015:1272vendor-advisory
- 70965vdb-entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f
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