PT-2006-1301 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Cesar Cerrudo · Published 2006-01-19 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-0226

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeBSD versions prior to 6.0-STABLE

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the IEEE 802.11 network subsystem, specifically in the ieee80211 ioctl.c file. This occurs while scanning for wireless networks and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The attack can be carried out by broadcasting crafted beacon or probe response frames.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.0-STABLE, update to version 6.0-STABLE or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0226

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 10

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16296 · Patch
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18353 · Vendor Advisory
• http://signedness.org/advisories/sps-0x1.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0226 · Security Note
• http://blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-07/bh-eu-07-speakers.html#Eriksson · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24192 · Note
• http://kernelwars.blogspot.com/2007/01/alive.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015518 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/22537 · Note