Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-1159 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Aircrack-ng before 1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a (1) large length value in an EAPOL packet or (2) long EAPOL packet.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Exploit-Db
| description | Remote Exploit Against the Aircrack-NG Tools svn r1675. CVE-2010-1159. Dos exploits for multiple platform |
| id | EDB-ID:12217 |
| last seen | 2016-02-01 |
| modified | 2010-04-14 |
| published | 2010-04-14 |
| reporter | Lukas Lueg |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/12217/ |
| title | Remote Exploit Against the Aircrack-NG Tools svn r1675 |
Nessus
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2013-251.NASL description Updated aircrack-ng package fixes security vulnerability : A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Aircrack-ng. A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted dump file using Aircrack-ng, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition (CVE-2010-1159). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 70518 published 2013-10-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70518 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : aircrack-ng (MDVSA-2013:251) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201310-06.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-06 (Aircrack-ng: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code) A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Aircrack-ng. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted dump file using Aircrack-ng, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 70324 published 2013-10-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70324 title GLSA-201310-06 : Aircrack-ng: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code