Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 19, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2627
CVE-2005-2627
Description
Multiple integer underflows in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) kernel headers in a pcap file or (2) data frame dissection, which leads to heap-based buffer overflows.
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Affected products
18cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2004-02_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 16 more
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2004-02_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2004-04_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2004-04_r1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2004-10_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-01_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-04_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-06_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-07_bsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-07_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-07_r1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.8.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2005-08-R1
Patches
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References
10- secunia.com/advisories/16447nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/16477nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/16634nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-788nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-10.xmlnvd
- www.kismetwireless.net/CHANGELOGnvd
- www.kismetwireless.net/blog/nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_20_sr.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14430nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1422nvd
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