CVE-2006-7179

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 (32)

• cve@mitrehttp://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101
• cve@mitrehttp://madwifi.org/ticket/963
• cve@mitrehttp://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/24670
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/24841
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/24931
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/25861
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/26083
• cve@mitrehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
• cve@mitrehttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
• cve@mitrehttp://www.osvdb.org/34645
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436
• cve@mitrehttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1