PT-2007-1458 · Madwifi · Madwifi

Published 2007-03-30 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2006-7180

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information related to network structure, and possibly cause a denial of service and conduct spoofing attacks, due to the transmission of unencrypted packets before WPA authentication succeeds.

Recommendations For MadWifi versions prior to 0.9.3, update to version 0.9.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the network until the update is applied.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-7180

Affected Products

Madwifi

References · 16

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7180 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24841 · Note
• http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24931 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/23434 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25861 · Note
• http://madwifi.org/ticket/967 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33514 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187 · Note