Security Advisory

CVE-2014-8709

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2014-11-10 11:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 13:26:02
Assigner microfocus
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

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.