Vulnerability CVE-2006-7180
Published: 2007-03-29   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
ieee80211_output.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 sends unencrypted packets before WPA authentication succeeds, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (related to network structure), and possibly cause a denial of service (disrupted authentication) and conduct spoofing attacks.

Type:

CWE-Other

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Madwifi -> Madwifi 

 References:
http://madwifi.org/ticket/967
http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
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/23434
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33514
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