CVE-2013-4579

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.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

10.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile

Published

2013-11-19

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38826

Security advisories

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry