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TITLE:
Gentoo update for ndiswrapper

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33511

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33511/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for ndiswrapper. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the
ndiswrapper kernel driver when processing wireless network packets.
This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via an overly long
ESSID (Extended Service Set Identifier).

SOLUTION:
Update to "net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.53-r1" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200901-01:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200901-01.xml

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