PT-2005-5496 · Madwifi · Madwifi

Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2005-4835

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MadWifi versions prior to 0.9.3

Description The issue is related to a race condition between interface enabling and packet transmission. It can be triggered by moving a connected system to a location with low signal strength, causing a denial of service due to a failed KASSERT and system crash.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9.3, update to version 0.9.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4835

Affected Products

Madwifi

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4835 · Security Note
• http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3 · Patch
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24841 · Note
• http://madwifi.org/ticket/162 · Note
• http://madwifi.org/ticket/279 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 · Note
• http://madwifi.org/ticket/287 · Note