CVE-2008-5134

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the lbs_process_bss function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c in the libertas subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.5 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an "invalid beacon/probe response."

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.27.4; 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+253)

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/23049
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=48735d8d8bd701b1e0cd3d49c21e5e385ddcb077
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
http://secunia.com/advisories/33641
http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32484
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470761

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