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MadWifi Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23277
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Release Date:
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2006-12-08
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Last Update:
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2006-12-11
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Popularity:
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7,795 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | MadWifi 0.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6332
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Description:
Laurent Butti, Jerome Raznieski, and Julien Tinnes have reported a vulnerability in MadWifi, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow, which allows execution of arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.9.2.1.
Solution:
Update to version 0.9.2.1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Laurent Butti, Jerome Raznieski, and Julien Tinnes.
Changelog:
2006-12-11: Added CERT reference.
Original Advisory:
http://madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207...0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue
http://madwifi.org/changeset/1842
Other References:
CERT VU#925529
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925529
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