Candidate: CVE-2008-5134 PublicDate: 2008-11-18 16:00:00 UTC References: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5134 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-714-1 Description: Buffer overflow in the lbs_process_bss function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c in the libertas subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.5 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an "invalid beacon/probe response." Ubuntu-Description: It was discovered that the libertas wireless driver did not correctly handle beacon and probe responses. A physically near-by attacker could generate specially crafted wireless network traffic and cause a denial of service. Notes: Bugs: Priority: low Discovered-by: Assigned-to: CVSS: Patches_linux-source-2.6.15: upstream_linux-source-2.6.15: needs-triage dapper_linux-source-2.6.15: released (2.6.15-53.75) gutsy_linux-source-2.6.15: DNE hardy_linux-source-2.6.15: DNE intrepid_linux-source-2.6.15: DNE devel_linux-source-2.6.15: DNE Patches_linux-source-2.6.22: upstream_linux-source-2.6.22: needs-triage dapper_linux-source-2.6.22: DNE gutsy_linux-source-2.6.22: released (2.6.22-16.61) hardy_linux-source-2.6.22: DNE intrepid_linux-source-2.6.22: DNE devel_linux-source-2.6.22: DNE Patches_linux: upstream_linux: needs-triage dapper_linux: DNE gutsy_linux: DNE hardy_linux: released (2.6.24-23.48) intrepid_linux: not-affected devel_linux: not-affected