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GLSA-200704-16 : Aircrack-ng: Remote execution of arbitrary code

critical Nessus Plugin ID 25104

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200704-16 (Aircrack-ng: Remote execution of arbitrary code)

 Jonathan So reported that the airodump-ng module does not correctly check the size of 802.11 authentication packets before copying them into a buffer.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could trigger a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted 802.11 authentication packet to a user running airodump-ng with the -w (--write) option. This could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running airodump-ng, which is typically the root user.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Aircrack-ng users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-wireless/aircrack-ng-0.7-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200704-16

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 25104

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200704-16.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 4/30/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:aircrack-ng, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2057

GLSA: 200704-16