| CVE-ID |
CVE-2009-2844
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• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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| Description |
| cfg80211 in net/wireless/scan.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc1 and
other versions before 2.6.31-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (crash) via a sequence of beacon frames in which one
frame omits an SSID Information Element (IE) and the subsequent frame
contains an SSID IE, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the
cmp_ies function. NOTE: a potential weakness in the is_mesh function
was also addressed, but the relevant condition did not exist in the
code, so it is not a vulnerability.
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| References |
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| Assigning CNA |
| N/A |
| Date Entry Created |
| 20090818 |
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discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly
disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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| Phase (Legacy) |
| Assigned (20090818) |
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| Comments (Legacy) |
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| Proposed (Legacy) |
| N/A |
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