CVE-2009-0282

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.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.21% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33592 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500168/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1714 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33340 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1712 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1713 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33699 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35743 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512995
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-08.xml vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-0282?
CVE-2009-0282 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-0282?
To fix CVE-2009-0282, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-0282 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-0282 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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