CVE-2006-7178 | Vulnerability Database | Aqua Security

MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly handle reception of an AUTH frame by an IBSS node, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain AUTH frame.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Madwifi	Madwifi	*	0.9.2 (including)
Madwifi	Madwifi	*	0.9.2.1 (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	*

References

http://madwifi.org/ticket/880
http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
http://secunia.com/advisories/24670
http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
http://secunia.com/advisories/24931
http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23431
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7178
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html