CVE-2010-4648 (GCVE-0-2010-4648)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-21 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The orinoco_ioctl_set_auth function in drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a TKIP protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to a Wi-Fi network by reading Wi-Fi frames.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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| http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/Chang… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvald… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a54917c… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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