CVE-2010-4648

Description

The orinoco_ioctl_set_auth function in drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a TKIP protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to a Wi-Fi network by reading Wi-Fi frames.

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/18

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667907

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2