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CVE-2011-2480 Detail

Description

Information Disclosure vulnerability in the 802.11 stack, as used in FreeBSD before 8.2 and NetBSD when using certain non-x86 architectures. A signedness error in the IEEE80211_IOC_CHANINFO ioctl allows a local unprivileged user to cause the kernel to copy large amounts of kernel memory back to the user, disclosing potentially sensitive information.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2480 Broken Link 
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2480 Broken Link 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631160 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631160 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631161 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631161 Third Party Advisory 
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2480 Third Party Advisory 
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2480 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/15 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/15 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2480
NVD Published Date:
11/27/2019
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.