Debian Security Advisory 1731-1 - Anders Kaseorg discovered that ndiswrapper suffers from buffer overflows via specially crafted wireless network traffic, due to incorrectly handling long ESSIDs. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
ec5e25d91703d096d0932d350df8b3ee6d72192d07c4ba1ed301a5b219fe5f83Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200901-01 - Multiple buffer overflows might lead to remote execution of arbitrary code with root privileges. Anders Kaseorg reported multiple buffer overflows related to long ESSIDs. Versions less than 1.53-r1 are affected.
87b26f86c4dbef558e268f86b44703fd0b09ecee788d360dbf8898c733914fafUbuntu Security Notice USN-662-2 - Anders Kaseorg discovered that ndiswrapper did not correctly handle long ESSIDs. For a system using ndiswrapper, a physically near-by attacker could generate specially crafted wireless network traffic and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. USN-662-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ndiswrapper in Ubuntu 8.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 8.04 and 7.10.
940bd6c7328297f81b0093791afe47903f029b15c5c7651485e01695cf8cc8f7Ubuntu Security Notice USN-662-1 - It was discovered that the Linux kernel could be made to hang temporarily when mounting corrupted ext2/3 filesystems. If a user were tricked into mounting a specially crafted filesystem, a remote attacker could cause system hangs, leading to a denial of service. Anders Kaseorg discovered that ndiswrapper did not correctly handle long ESSIDs. For a system using ndiswrapper, a physically near-by attacker could generate specially crafted wireless network traffic and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
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