Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard Affecting iwl6000g2a-firmware package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-IWL6000G2AFIRMWARE-1384193
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Feb 2020

Introduced: 5 Feb 2020

CVE-2019-15126  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-358  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-300  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 iwl6000g2a-firmware.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iwl6000g2a-firmware package and not the iwl6000g2a-firmware package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered on Broadcom Wi-Fi client devices. Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors (related to state transitions) in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for a discrete set of traffic, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-9500, CVE-2019-9501, CVE-2019-9502, and CVE-2019-9503.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1