Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via unprintable characters in the SSID.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗Advisories 2
- DSA-788-1 kismet - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DTSA-1-1 kismet - various Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- GLSA-200508-10 vendor-advisory
- DSA-788 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2005:020 vendor-advisory
- 16634 third-party-advisory
- 16477 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2005-1422 vdb-entry
- 18767 vdb-entry
- 16447 third-party-advisory
- http://www.kismetwireless.net/CHANGELOG
- http://www.kismetwireless.net/blog/?entry=/kismet/entry-1124158146.txt
- 14430 vdb-entry