Cryptographic Issues Affecting kernel-uek-devel package, versions <0:3.8.13-44.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
12.16% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEVEL-2486941
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed20 Nov 2013

Introduced: 20 Nov 2013

CVE-2013-4579  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-devel to version 0:3.8.13-44.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-3070.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-devel package and not the kernel-uek-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1