CVE - CVE-2007-5448

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-5448	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a beacon frame with a large length value in the extended supported rates (xrates) element, which triggers an assertion error, related to net80211/ieee80211_scan_ap.c and net80211/ieee80211_scan_sta.c.
References
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BID:26052 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26052 BUGTRAQ:20071012 SEC Consult SA-20071012-0 :: Madwifi xrates element remote DOS URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482168/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195705 CONFIRM:http://madwifi.org/changeset/2736 GENTOO:GLSA-200711-09 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-09.xml MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2008:007 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:007~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:http://www.sec-consult.com/298.html SECUNIA:27197 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/27197 SECUNIA:27541 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/27541 SECUNIA:28431 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28431 SREASON:3225 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3225 VUPEN:ADV-2007-3493 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3493~~ (Obsolete source) XF:madwifi-xrates-dos(37182) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37182
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20071014	Disclaimer: The record 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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20071014)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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