PT-2007-1456 · Madwifi · Madwifi

Published 2007-03-30 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2006-7178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/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 the improper handling of reception of an AUTH frame by an IBSS node, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash. This can be achieved by sending a certain AUTH frame.

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

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-7178

Affected Products

Madwifi

References · 15

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7178 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24841 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25861 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/23431 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24931 · Note
• http://madwifi.org/ticket/880 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24670 · Note