CVE-2008-5134
Publication date 18 November 2008
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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."
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that the libertas wireless driver did not correctly handle beacon and probe responses. A physically near-by attacker could generate specially crafted wireless network traffic and cause a denial of service.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| linux | ||
| linux-source-2.6.15 | ||
| linux-source-2.6.22 | ||