UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8709

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8709

    Published: 10 Nov 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8709
    Aliases:
    USN-2175-1
    USN-2177-1
    USN-2221-1

    Summary:

    Details: The ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 does not properly maintain a certain tail pointer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by reading packets.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8709, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/09/1, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.5, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2441-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2442-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2175-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2177-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2221-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2227-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8709

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-13.33

    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
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