PT-2007-4141 · Madwifi · Madwifi

Published 2007-05-24 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2007-2831

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 MadWifi versions prior to 0.9.3.1

Description The issue is related to array index errors in the ieee80211 ioctl getwmmparams and ieee80211 ioctl setwmmparams functions. This can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, potentially obtain kernel memory contents, and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative array index value.

Recommendations For MadWifi versions prior to 0.9.3.1, update to version 0.9.3.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ieee80211 ioctl getwmmparams and ieee80211 ioctl setwmmparams functions until a patch is available.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-2831

Affected Products

Madwifi

References · 17

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://madwifi.org/ticket/1334 · Patch
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:132 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25763 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://madwifi.org/wiki/Security · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25339 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-04.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2831 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25861 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25622 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1919 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/36637 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34453 · Note