CVE-2013-7027

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2013-10-11
Bugzilla:
1040010: CVE-2013-7027 Kernel: wireless: radiotap: parsing buffer overrun

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_init function in net/wireless/radiotap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not check whether a frame contains any data outside of the header, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted header.

Find out more about CVE-2013-7027 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team does not consider this issue to be a security flaw. For more details please refer to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040010#c1

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.7
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

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