Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 27, 2019· Updated Aug 6, 2024
CVE-2011-2480
CVE-2011-2480
Description
Information Disclosure vulnerability in the 802.11 stack, as used in FreeBSD before 8.2 and NetBSD when using certain non-x86 architectures. A signedness error in the IEEE80211_IOC_CHANINFO ioctl allows a local unprivileged user to cause the kernel to copy large amounts of kernel memory back to the user, disclosing potentially sensitive information.
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5- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2480mitrex_refsource_MISC
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2480mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/20/15mitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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