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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:15.150Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-4579

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-11-20T13:19:41.913

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-4579

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2013-11-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4579 - Bugzilla

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