CVE-2008-4395

Upstream information

CVE-2008-4395 at MITRE

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the ndiswrapper module 1.53 for the Linux kernel 2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets over a local wireless network that specify long ESSIDs.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	8.3
Vector	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Adjacent Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 432461 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2008:057, published Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:33:19 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:27 2025