CVE-2006-7177

Impact

MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to "packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system."

Affected products

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://madwifi.org/ticket/880
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23433
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
• http://madwifi.org/ticket/880
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23433
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1