CVE-2010-4648

critical

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

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

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-4613

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

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

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0153