Kismet up to 2005-07 R1a SSID memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Kismet. Affected is an unknown function of the component SSID. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-2626. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Kismet. This affects some unknown functionality of the component SSID. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via unprintable characters in the SSID.

The bug was discovered 08/16/2005. The weakness was released 08/15/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2626 since 08/19/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19531 (Debian DSA-788-1 : kismet - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2005-07 R1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21851), Tenable (19531), SecurityFocus (BID 14430†), OSVDB (18767†) and Secunia (SA16447†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-26092. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 19531
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-788-1 : kismet - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 55190
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 788-1 (kismet)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kismet 2005-07 R1

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07/29/2005 🔍
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08/15/2005 +17 days 🔍
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02/22/2007 +541 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +2939 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2626 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2626
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26091
X-Force: 21851
SecurityFocus: 14430 - Kismet Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16447 - Kismet Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 18767 - Kismet SSID Character Processing Issue
Vulnerability Center: 14351 - Kismet Unspecified Vulnerability via Unprintable Characters in the SSID, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2005-1422

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/15/2019 09:35
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (76), 07/15/2019 09:35 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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