CVE catalog
CVE-2011-2517
UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2517
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.38% · Oct 25, 2026
Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a long SSID value.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-30 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-30+m68k.5 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-31 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-31~bpo50+1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-32 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-33 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-34 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-34squeeze1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-35 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-35~bpo50+1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | linux-2.6 | 6.0 | 2.6.32-35squeeze1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | linux-2.6 | deb | 6.0 | 2.6.32-35squeeze1 | Not reported | DSA-2303-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2015_0652-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-2303-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2517]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2011/cve-2011-2517.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]