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Atheros Wireless Driver Management Frame Handling Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA26348
Release Date: 2007-08-09
Popularity: 9,023 views

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

Software:Atheros 802.11 a/b/g Wireless Driver

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Atheros wireless drivers, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling management frames and can be exploited to create a DoS condition via a specially crafted 802.11 management frame.

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