Vulnerability CVE-2007-2830
Published: 2007-05-23   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The ath_beacon_config function in if_ath.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted beacon interval information when scanning for access points, which triggers a divide-by-zero error.

Type:

CWE-Other

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
Madwifi -> Madwifi 

 References:
http://madwifi.org/ticket/1270
http://madwifi.org/wiki/Security
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-04.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:132
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470674/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24114
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1919
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34451
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