Aircrack-ng EAPOL Packet Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:39045

Info

Aircrack-ng EAPOL Packet Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 39045
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2010-1159
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 27 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 21 2013 01:07AM
Credit: Lukas Lueg
Vulnerable: Gentoo Linux
Aircrack-ng Aircrack-ng 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Aircrack-ng EAPOL Packet Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Aircrack-ng is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability.

Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the vulnerable application. Failed attacks will likely cause denial-of-service conditions.

Exploit / POC

Aircrack-ng EAPOL Packet Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The following proofs of concept are available:

Solution / Fix

Aircrack-ng EAPOL Packet Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available via the project source code repository; please see the references for more information.

References

Aircrack-ng EAPOL Packet Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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