CVE-2019-16746

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-16746
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-09-24 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:05:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[PATCH 1/2] nl80211: validate beacon head' - MARC MISC marc.info Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-311-01) BUGTRAQ seclists.org
USN-4209-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kernel-tools-5.3.6-200.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2114-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4210-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Slackware Security Advisory - Slackware 14.2 kernel Updates ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0336-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4186-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4183-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2068-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kernel-tools-5.3.6-200.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
October 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1153-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174728 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2122-1)
  • 174729 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2106-1)
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