Vulnerability CVE-2006-7177


Published: 2007-03-29   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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."

Type:

CWE-Other

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.8/10
6.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Madwifi -> Madwifi 

 References:
http://madwifi.org/ticket/880
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

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