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CVE-2006-7177

Published: Mar 30, 2007 | Modified: Oct 16, 2018
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7177
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to packets coming from a malicious WinXP system.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Madwifi Madwifi 0.9.2 (including) 0.9.2 (including)
Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper *
Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 Ubuntu edgy *
Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 Ubuntu feisty *

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