CVE-2011-2480
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Summary
Information Disclosure vulnerability in the 802.11 stack, as used in FreeBSD before 8.2 and NetBSD when using certain non-x86 architectures. A signedness error in the IEEE80211_IOC_CHANINFO ioctl allows a local unprivileged user to cause the kernel to copy large amounts of kernel memory back to the user, disclosing potentially sensitive information.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD, NetBSD | FreeBSD | before 8.2 | affected |
| FreeBSD, NetBSD | NetBSD | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- info disclosure
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2480
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2480
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631161
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631160
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/15
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2480
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2480
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631161
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631160
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/15
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