Vulnerability CVE-2004-0459
Published: 2004-07-07   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) algorithm in the IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol, when using DSSS transmission encoding, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain RF signal that causes a channel to appear busy (aka "jabber"), which prevents devices from transmitting data.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
IEEE -> 802.11 wireless protocol 

 References:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106678
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4091
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16138
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10342
http://www.osvdb.org/16034
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2004-009.pdf
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010152
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0631.html
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