Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13632
Revision Date:2014-06-23Version:20
Title:DSA-1731-1 ndiswrapper -- buffer overflow
Description:Anders Kaseorg discovered that ndiswrapper suffers from buffer overflows via specially crafted wireless network traffic, due to incorrectly handling long ESSIDs. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the oldstable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 1.28-1+etch1. For the stable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 1.53-2, which was already included in the lenny release. For the testing distribution and the unstable distribution , this problem has been fixed in version 1.53-2.
Family:unixClass:patch
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-4395
DSA-1731-1
Platform(s):Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s):ndiswrapper
Definition Synopsis
  • Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed.
  • AND Architecture section
  • Architecture independent section
  • Installed architecture is all
  • AND Packages section
  • ndiswrapper-source DPKG is earlier than 1.28-1+etch1
  • OR ndiswrapper-common DPKG is earlier than 1.28-1+etch1
  • OR Architecture depended section
  • Supported architectures section
  • Installed architecture is amd64
  • OR Installed architecture is i386
  • AND ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 DPKG is earlier than 1.28-1+etch1
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