CVE-2006-7179

Description

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/34645

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/26083

http://secunia.com/advisories/25861

http://secunia.com/advisories/24931

http://secunia.com/advisories/24841

http://secunia.com/advisories/24670

http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3

http://madwifi.org/ticket/963

http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3