Description
An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.17. It does not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-2068-1 | linux security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-2114-1 | linux-4.9 security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2019-7286 | An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.17. It does not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4183-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4186-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4209-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4210-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T01:24:47.916Z
Reserved: 2019-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-16746
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-09-24T06:15:10.400
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:31:06.460
Link: CVE-2019-16746
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Weaknesses
Debian DLA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN