Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | MadWifi vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-404-1 | First vendor Publication | 2007-01-09 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2007-01-09 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.10: After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Laurent Butti, Jerome Razniewski, and Julien Tinnes discovered that the MadWifi wireless driver did not correctly check packet contents when receiving scan replies. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-404-1 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 vulnerability USN-404-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_404_1.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200612-09 (madwifi-ng) File : nvt/glsa_200612_09.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 31267 | MadWifi ieee80211_wireless.c Multiple Function Overflow A buffer overflow exists in MadWifi. The Atheros driver fails to validate data passed to the giwscan_cb() and encode_ie() functions resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted 802.11 beacon or probe response frame, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2007-12-13 | Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_madwifi-2370.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-404-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-12-14 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200612-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:04:04 |
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