CVE-2019-17133: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Oct 04 2019(Updated: )
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's generic WiFi ESSID handling implementation. The flaw allows a system to join a wireless network where the ESSID is longer than the maximum length of 32 characters, which can cause the system to crash or execute code.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/kernel | <0:2.6.32-754.28.1.el6 | 0:2.6.32-754.28.1.el6 |
| redhat/kernel-rt | <0:3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7 | 0:3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.el7 |
| redhat/kernel-alt | <0:4.14.0-115.17.1.el7a | 0:4.14.0-115.17.1.el7a |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-327.85.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-327.85.1.el7 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-514.73.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-514.73.1.el7 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-693.64.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-693.64.1.el7 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-862.48.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-862.48.1.el7 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-957.46.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-957.46.1.el7 |
| redhat/kernel-rt | <1:3.10.0-693.64.1.rt56.662.el6 | 1:3.10.0-693.64.1.rt56.662.el6 |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=2.6.32<3.16.77 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.17<4.4.198 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.5<4.9.198 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.10<4.14.151 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.15<4.19.81 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.20<5.3.8 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =19.04 | |
| openSUSE Leap | =15.1 | |
| IBM Data Risk Manager | <=2.0.6 | |
| debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.119-1 6.11.10-1 6.12.5-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17133 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17133
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1771909
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0790
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0375
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0374
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0661
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0653
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0592
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0664
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0609
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-17133
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=157018270915487&w=2
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=157018270915487&w=2
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-17133
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ac2813cc867ae563a1ba5a9414bfb554e5796fa
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1771910
- http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.11-2007.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168370
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6335281 (Advisory)
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17133
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17133
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17133
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17133
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- vendor/opensuse
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- vendor/ibm
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