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CVE-2011-2480

Published: Nov 27, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.6%
Top 27.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Information Disclosure vulnerability in the 802.11 stack, as used in FreeBSD before 8.2 and NetBSD when using certain non-x86 architectures. A signedness error in the IEEE80211_IOC_CHANINFO ioctl allows a local unprivileged user to cause the kernel to copy large amounts of kernel memory back to the user, disclosing potentially sensitive information.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

FreeBSD, NetBSD
oss-project·USaka freebsd
FreeBSDOn-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
NetBSDOn-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
freebsd
oss-project·US
freebsdOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
netbsd
oss-project·US
netbsdOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2480
access.redhat.com
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631160
bugs.debian.org
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631161
bugs.debian.org
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