CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-4835

Published: Dec 31, 2005 | Modified: Sep 10, 2008
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

The ath_rate_sample function in the ath_rate/sample/sample.c sample code in MadWifi before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed KASSERT and system crash) by moving a connected system to a location with low signal strength, and possibly other vectors related to a race condition between interface enabling and packet transmission.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Madwifi Madwifi 0.9.0 (including) 0.9.0 (including)
Madwifi Madwifi 0.9.1 (including) 0.9.1 (including)
Madwifi Madwifi 0.9.2 (including) 0.9.2 (including)
Madwifi Madwifi 0.9.2.1 (including) 0.9.2.1 (including)

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