{"id":"CVE-2010-4648","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-4648","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:33.595Z","title":"The orinoco_ioctl_set_auth function in drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a TKIP protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to a Wi-Fi network by…","description":"The orinoco_ioctl_set_auth function in drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/wext.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a TKIP protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to a Wi-Fi network by reading Wi-Fi frames.","published":"2012-06-21T23:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:25:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":3.3,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.01513,"percentile":0.743,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/18","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667907","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/18","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667907","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a54917c3fc295cb61f3fb52373c173fd3b69f48","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4648","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}