CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2004-0459

Published: Jul 07, 2004 | Modified: Jul 11, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) algorithm in the IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol, when using DSSS transmission encoding, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain RF signal that causes a channel to appear busy (aka jabber), which prevents devices from transmitting data.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
802.11_wireless_protocol Ieee * *

References