Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has acknowledged a vulnerability in rt2400, rt2500, rt2570, rt61, and ralink-rt61, which can be exploited to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo Ralink Wireless Drivers Probe Request Processing Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35743
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/35743/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged a vulnerability in rt2400, rt2500, rt2570,
rt61, and ralink-rt61, which can be exploited to cause a DoS (Denial
of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA33592
SOLUTION:
The vendor recommends to unmerge affected packages and migrate to the
drivers included in e.g. stable versions of
"sys-kernel/gentoo-sources".
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200907-08:
https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200907-08.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33592:
https://secunia.com/advisories/33592/
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