high7.5
CVE-2011-2480
Information Disclosure vulnerability in the 802.11 stack, as used in FreeBSD before 8.2 and NetBSD when using certain non-x86 architectures.
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | Freebsd | before 8.2 |
| Netbsd | Netbsd | All versions |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2480
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631160
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631161
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2480
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/15
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2480
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631160
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631161
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2480
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/15