CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-2830

Published: May 24, 2007 | Modified: Oct 16, 2018
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
UNTRIAGED

The ath_beacon_config function in if_ath.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted beacon interval information when scanning for access points, which triggers a divide-by-zero error.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Madwifi Madwifi * 0.9.3 (including)
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)
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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