CVE-2008-5134

Published: 18 November 2008

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

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5134
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-714-1
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian