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Gentoo: 2014: 201411-08 Normal: Aircrack-ng Remote Execution Issues

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Various vulnerabilities found in Aircrack-ng can lead to local privilege escalation or enable remote code execution. It's advisable to perform an upgrade to protect your system.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Aircrack-ng, possibly resulting in local privilege escalation, remote code execution, or Denial of Service

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Aircrack-ng. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation remote code execution Denial of Service Gentoo Linux normal severity Aircrack-ng

Resolution

All Aircrack-ng users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-wireless/aircrack-ng-1.2_rc1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-8321 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8321 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-8322 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8322 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-8323 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8323 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-8324 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8324

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201411-08
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Aircrack-ng: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: November 23, 2014
Bugs: #528132
ID: 201411-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation remote code execution Denial of Service Gentoo Linux normal severity Aircrack-ng

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Aircrack-ng, possibly resulting in local privilege escalation, remote code execution, or Denial of Service.

Background

Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-wireless/aircrack-ng < 1.2_rc1 >= 1.2_rc1

Impact

===== A local attacker can use this flaw to execute arbitrary code or gain escalated privileges. A remote attacker execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.