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D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless Driver Beacon Rates Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA22860
Release Date: 2006-11-14
Last Update: 2006-11-24
Popularity: 8,083 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:D-Link Wireless USB Network Adapter Driver 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-6055


Description:
H D Moore has reported a vulnerability in D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless driver, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the A5AGU.SYS device driver when handling beacon requests containing more than 36 bytes in the Rates information element. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0.1.41. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Turn off the wireless card when not in use.

Provided and/or discovered by:
H D Moore

Changelog:
2006-11-24: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-13-11-2006.html


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