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CVE-2005-2626: Unspecified vulnerability in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via…

CVE-2005-2626 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Kismet. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Unspecified vulnerability in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via unprintable characters in the SSID.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Kismet: 2.4.5; 2.4.6; 2.6.0; 2.8.0; 2.8.0a; 2.8.1; 2004-02_r1; 2004-04_r1; 2004-04_r1a; 2004-10_r1; 2005-01_r1; 2005-04_r1

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