glsa-201310-06.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201310-06">
  <title>Aircrack-ng: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow vulnerability in Aircrack-ng could result in
    execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">aircrack-ng</product>
  <announced>2013-10-07</announced>
  <revised count="1">2013-10-07</revised>
  <bug>311797</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-wireless/aircrack-ng" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.1-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.1-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can
      recover keys once enough data packets have been captured.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Aircrack-ng.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted dump
      file using Aircrack-ng, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code
      with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Aircrack-ng users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-wireless/aircrack-ng-1.1-r2"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1159">CVE-2010-1159</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-12-23T23:18:18Z">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2013-10-07T08:46:58Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>