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kernel: buffer overflow

Package(s):linux-2.6.24 CVE #(s):CVE-2008-5134
Created:December 5, 2008 Updated:February 4, 2009
Description: The Kernel has a buffer overflow vulnerability. From the national vulnerability database entry: Buffer overflow in the lbs_process_bss function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c in the libertas subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.5 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an "invalid beacon/probe response."
Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-714-1 2009-01-29
Red Hat RHSA-2009:0053-01 2009-02-04
Debian DSA-1681-1 2008-12-04
SuSE SUSE-SA:2009:004 2009-01-21
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