CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-7179

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

ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information Elements (CSA IEs), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of communication) via a Channel Switch Count less than or equal to one, triggering a channel change.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Madwifi Madwifi * 0.9.2 (including)
Madwifi Madwifi * 0.9.2.1 (including)
Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 Ubuntu edgy *
Linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 Ubuntu feisty *

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