The ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 does not properly maintain a certain tail pointer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by reading packets.
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published: 2014-11-10T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:26:02.590Z

Reserved: 2014-11-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-8709

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-10T11:55:10.017

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:22:42.030

Link: CVE-2014-8709

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-11-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8709 - Bugzilla