GLSA 200508-10: Kismet: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	Kismet: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/19/2005
Bugs:	#102702
ID:	200508-10

Synopsis

Kismet is vulnerable to multiple issues potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Kismet is an 802.11 Layer 2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-wireless/kismet	< 2005.08.1	>= 2005.08.1	All supported architectures

Description

Kismet is vulnerable to a heap overflow when handling pcap captures and to an integer underflow in the CDP protocol dissector.

Impact

With a specially crafted packet an attacker could cause Kismet to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the program.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Kismet users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/kismet-2005.08.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200508-10.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.