CVE-2013-4579
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4579
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-4579.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-4579
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2013-11-20T13:19:41Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:28Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The ath9khtcsetbssidmask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htcdrvmain.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations.
- References
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- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1
- http://www.mathyvanhoef.com/2013/11/unmasking-spoofed-mac-address.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=729573
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/3
- https://lists.ath9k.org/pipermail/ath9k-devel/2013-November/012215.html