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CVE-2008-5134 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the lbs_process_bss function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c in the libertas subsystem in the Linux kernel befor…

published 2008-11-18 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5113

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the lbs_process_bss function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c in the libertas subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.5 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an "invalid beacon/probe response."

Patch / fix

  • kernel-rt enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-trace enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0053

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-5134 updated

kernel: libertas: fix buffer overrun

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server kernel-rt 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0053

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Exploit prediction

5.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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