Security bugs are reported here via bugzilla

[Thomas Houssin <thomas.houssin AT gmail.com>]

Synopsis
========
Kismet is vulnerable to multiple issues potentially resulting in the
execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========
Kismet is an 802.11 wireless network sniffer.

Description
===========

* Bad handling of unprintable characters in the SSID.

* Integer underflows in pcap handling. They could cause heap
corruption/exploitation on replaying a pcapfile w/ kernel headers.

* Integer underflow in data frame dissection. Thiscould lead to heap
exploits with malformed remote data.

Impact
======
With a specially crafted packet an attacker could cause Kismet to
execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the program.

Affected packages
=================
kismet in devel, test stable-rc 0.2 and stabe-0.1 grimoires is affected.
This is now fixed in all grimoires.

Resolution
==========
All kismet users should upgrade to the latest available version:
         # scribe update
         # cast -c kismet

References
==========
   [ 1 ] Kismet Web Site
http://www.kismetwireless.net/blog/?entry=/kismet/entry-1124158146.txt

   [ 2 ] GLSA 200508-10
        http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200508-10.xml

-- 
Thomas Houssin

Security Team Leader Source Mage GNU/Linux (http://www.sourcemage.org)
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