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Gentoo update for madwifi
Secunia Advisory: SA25622
Release Date: 2007-06-12
Popularity: 4,224 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2829
CVE-2007-2830
CVE-2007-2831


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for madwifi. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA25339

Solution:
Update to "net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.3.1" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200706-04.xml

Other References:
SA25339:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25339/


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