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CVE-2011-2480
Published: Nov 27, 2019
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
FreeBSD, NetBSD | FreeBSD | affected before 8.2 |
FreeBSD, NetBSD | NetBSD | affected n/a |
References
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2480
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2480
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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631161
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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631160
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[oss-security] 20110620 Re: CVE request: FreeBSD/NetBSD 802.11 kernel memory disclosure
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