Description
Integer overflow in Ralink Technology USB wireless adapter (RT73) 3.08 for Windows, and other wireless card drivers including rt2400, rt2500, rt2570, and rt61, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Probe Request packet with a long SSID, possibly related to an integer signedness error.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 9.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512995
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33592Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33699Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35743Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-08.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1712
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1713
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1714
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500168/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33340
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512995
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33592Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33699Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35743Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-08.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1712
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1713
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1714
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500168/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33340
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 27, 2009
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified