Linksys WPC300N Wireless-n Notebook Adapter Driver prior bcmwl5.sys Device Driver memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Linksys WPC300N Wireless-n Notebook Adapter Driver (Hardware Driver Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Device Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS wireless device driver 3.50.21.10, as used in Cisco Linksys WPC300N Wireless-N Notebook Adapter before 4.100.15.5 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an 802.11 response frame containing a long SSID field.

The bug was discovered 11/11/2006. The weakness was disclosed 11/14/2006 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5882 since 11/14/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23637 (Broadcom Wireless Driver (BCMWL5.SYS) Probe Response SSID Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version bcmwl5.sys eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30202) and Tenable (23637).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Partially

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Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 23637
Nessus Name: Broadcom Wireless Driver (BCMWL5.SYS) Probe Response SSID Overflow
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MetaSploit ID: broadcom_wifi_ssid.rb
MetaSploit Name: Broadcom Wireless Driver Probe Response SSID Overflow
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WPC300N Wireless-n Notebook Adapter Driver bcmwl5.sys

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07/10/2019 +1581 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: linksys.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5882 (🔍)
X-Force: 30202
SecurityTracker: 1017212
Vulnerability Center: 13111 - Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS Arbitrary Code Execution, High
SecurityFocus: 21007
Secunia: 22831 - Broadcom Wireless Driver Probe Response SSID Buffer Overflow, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 30294 - CVE-2006-5882 - Cisco - Linksys WPC300N - Buffer-overflow Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-4460

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/10/2019 20:26
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (78), 07/10/2019 20:26 (3)
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