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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-0282

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.
Publish Date : 2009-01-27 Last Update Date : 2010-12-29
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
9.3
Confidentiality Impact Complete (There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.)
Integrity Impact Complete (There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of ServiceExecute CodeOverflow
CWE ID 189

- Vendor Statements

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.
Source: Redhat

- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
DSA-1712 rt2400 -- integer overflow oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7173 unix
DSA-1712-1 rt2400 -- integer overflow oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13843 unix
DSA-1713 rt2500 -- integer overflow oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7724 unix
DSA-1713-1 rt2500 -- integer overflow oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13559 unix
DSA-1714 rt2570 -- integer overflow oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7797 unix
DSA-1714-1 rt2570 -- integer overflow oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13092 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2009-0282

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Hardware Ralinktech Rt73 3.08 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Ralinktech Rt73 1

- References For CVE-2009-0282

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512995
http://secunia.com/advisories/33592
SECUNIA 33592
http://secunia.com/advisories/35743
SECUNIA 35743
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-08.xml
GENTOO GLSA-200907-08
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1712
DEBIAN DSA-1712
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1713
DEBIAN DSA-1713
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1714
DEBIAN DSA-1714
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33340
BID 33340 Multiple Ralinktech Wireless Drivers MAC/BSS/SSID Integer Overflow Vulnerability Release Date:2009-07-15
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/500168/100/0/threaded
BUGTRAQ 20090118 Ralinktech wireless cards drivers vulnerability
http://secunia.com/advisories/33699
SECUNIA 33699

- Vulnerability Conditions

Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used TOGETHER WITH(AND)

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2009-0282

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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