CVE-2013-4579 (GCVE-0-2013-4579)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-11-19 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:45
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Summary
The ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.mathyvanhoef.com/2013/11/unmasking-spo… x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.ath9k.org/pipermail/ath9k-devel/201… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=729573 x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2013-11-10 00:00
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