CVE-2011-2517
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%
Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a long SSID value.
Products: linux_kernel, redhat enterprise_linux, redhat enterprise_linux_desktop, redhat enterprise_linux_server, redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 6.0 | linux-2.6 | 2.6.32-35squeeze1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-PAE | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-PAE-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-PAE-devel | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-debug | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-debug-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-debug-devel | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-debuginfo-common | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-devel | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-doc | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-kdump | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-kdump-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-kdump-devel | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen-devel | 0:2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-bootwrapper | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-debug | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-debug-debuginfo | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-debug-devel | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-debuginfo | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-devel | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-doc | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-firmware | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-headers | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-kdump | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-kdump-debuginfo | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel-kdump-devel | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | perf | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | perf-debuginfo | 0:2.6.32-131.12.1.el6 |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-debug | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-debug-devel | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-debuginfo | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-devel | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-doc | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-firmware | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-trace | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-trace-devel | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-vanilla | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-vanilla-debuginfo | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat enterprise mrg 2 server el6 | kernel-rt-vanilla-devel | 0:2.6.33.9-rt31.75.el6rt |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-PAE | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-PAE-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-PAE-devel | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-debug | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-debug-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-debug-devel | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-debuginfo-common | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-devel | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-doc | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-kdump | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-kdump-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-kdump-devel | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-xen | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-xen-debuginfo | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |
| Red Hat rhel eus 5.6 | kernel-xen-devel | 0:2.6.18-238.31.1.el5 |