UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4579

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4579

    Published: 20 Nov 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4579
    Aliases:
    USN-2113-1
    USN-2117-1
    USN-2133-1

    Summary:

    Details: The ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4579, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/14, http://www.mathyvanhoef.com/2013/11/unmasking-spoofed-mac-address.html, https://lists.ath9k.org/pipermail/ath9k-devel/2013-November/012215.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2113-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2117-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2133-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2134-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2135-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2136-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2138-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2139-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2141-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4579

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-1.16

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High