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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200508-10">
+ <title>Kismet: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Kismet is vulnerable to multiple issues potentially resulting in the
+ execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">Kismet</product>
+ <announced>2005-08-19</announced>
+ <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised>
+ <bug>102702</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-wireless/kismet" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2005.08.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2005.08.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Kismet is an 802.11 Layer 2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and
+ intrusion detection system.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Kismet is vulnerable to a heap overflow when handling pcap captures and
+ to an integer underflow in the CDP protocol dissector.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ With a specially crafted packet an attacker could cause Kismet to
+ execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the program.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Kismet users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-wireless/kismet-2005.08.1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://www.kismetwireless.net/blog/?entry=/kismet/entry-1124158146.txt">Kismet Release Notes</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2626">CVE-2005-2626</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2627">CVE-2005-2627</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-08-17T05:08:47Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-08-18T05:16:35Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-08-18T07:53:07Z">
+ adir
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>