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LIN6-5110 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2013-4579

Created: Nov 28, 2013    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Feb 9, 2014
Previous ID: LIN3-15099
Found In Version: 6.0
Fix Version: 6.0.0.3
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Kernel

Description

The ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-4579

Workaround

Unknown

Steps to Reproduce

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