CVE - CVE-2006-7179

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-7179	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BUGTRAQ:20070423 FLEA-2007-0012-1: madwifi URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded MISC:http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101 CONFIRM:http://madwifi.org/ticket/963 CONFIRM:http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3 GENTOO:GLSA-200704-15 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2007:082 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2007:014 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html UBUNTU:USN-479-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1 BID:23436 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436 VUPEN:ADV-2007-1187 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187 OSVDB:34645 URL:http://www.osvdb.org/34645 SECUNIA:24670 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24670 SECUNIA:24841 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24841 SECUNIA:24931 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24931 SECUNIA:25861 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/25861 SECUNIA:26083 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
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Date Entry Created
20070329	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20070329)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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