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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2013-4579

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2013-4579

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/20/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
06/21/2018

Description

The ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cloop
  • suse-upgrade-cloop-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cloop-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-cloop-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-cloop-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-bigsmp
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-ppc64
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-rt_trace
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-trace
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-compat-wireless-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-compat-wireless-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-compat-wireless-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-crash
  • suse-upgrade-crash-devel
  • suse-upgrade-crash-doc
  • suse-upgrade-crash-eppic
  • suse-upgrade-crash-gcore
  • suse-upgrade-crash-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-crash-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-crash-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-crash-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-drbd-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-drbd-kmp-rt_trace
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-bigsmp
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-ppc64
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-trace
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-hdjmod
  • suse-upgrade-hdjmod-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-hdjmod-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-hdjmod-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-hdjmod-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-ipset
  • suse-upgrade-ipset-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ipset-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-ipset-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-ipset-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-ipset-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-iscsitarget
  • suse-upgrade-iscsitarget-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-iscsitarget-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-iscsitarget-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-iscsitarget-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-iscsitarget-kmp-rt_trace
  • suse-upgrade-iscsitarget-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-bigsmp
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-bigsmp-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-bigsmp-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-desktop-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-pae-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ppc64
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ppc64-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ppc64-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt_trace
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt_trace-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-rt_trace-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-rt
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-vanilla
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-syms
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-syms-rt
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-trace-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-vanilla-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-xen-extra
  • suse-upgrade-libipset3
  • suse-upgrade-lttng-modules-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-lttng-modules-kmp-rt_trace
  • suse-upgrade-ndiswrapper
  • suse-upgrade-ndiswrapper-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-ndiswrapper-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-ndiswrapper-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-bigsmp
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-ppc64
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-rt_trace
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-trace
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-ofed-kmp-rt
  • suse-upgrade-ofed-kmp-rt_trace
  • suse-upgrade-openvswitch
  • suse-upgrade-openvswitch-controller
  • suse-upgrade-openvswitch-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-openvswitch-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-openvswitch-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-openvswitch-kmp-xen
  • suse-upgrade-openvswitch-pki
  • suse-upgrade-openvswitch-switch
  • suse-upgrade-openvswitch-test
  • suse-upgrade-pcfclock
  • suse-upgrade-pcfclock-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-pcfclock-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-pcfclock-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-python-openvswitch
  • suse-upgrade-python-openvswitch-test
  • suse-upgrade-python-virtualbox
  • suse-upgrade-sle-hae-release
  • suse-upgrade-sle-pos-release
  • suse-upgrade-suse-linux-enterprise-rt-release
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-devel
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-guest-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-guest-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-guest-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-guest-tools
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-guest-x11
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-host-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-host-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-host-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-qt
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-websrv
  • suse-upgrade-xen
  • suse-upgrade-xen-devel
  • suse-upgrade-xen-doc-html
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-xen-kmp-trace
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs
  • suse-upgrade-xen-libs-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools
  • suse-upgrade-xen-tools-domu
  • suse-upgrade-xen-xend-tools
  • suse-upgrade-xtables-addons
  • suse-upgrade-xtables-addons-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-xtables-addons-kmp-desktop
  • suse-upgrade-xtables-addons-kmp-pae
  • suse-upgrade-xtables-addons-kmp-xen

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