metadata/glsa/glsa-200901-01.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200901-01">
  <title>NDISwrapper: Arbitrary remote code execution</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple buffer overflows might lead to remote execution of arbitrary code
    with root privileges.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">ndiswrapper</product>
  <announced>January 11, 2009</announced>
  <revised>January 11, 2009: 01</revised>
  <bug>239371</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-wireless/ndiswrapper" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.53-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.53-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    NDISwrapper is a Linux kernel module that enables the use of Microsoft
    Windows drivers for wireless network devices.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Anders Kaseorg reported multiple buffer overflows related to long
    ESSIDs.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    A physically proximate attacker could send packets over a wireless
    network that might lead to the execution of arbitrary code with root
    privileges.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All NDISwrapper users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.53-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4395">CVE-2008-4395</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:33:13 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:45:28 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:45:36 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
</glsa>