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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.

Solution
The vendor has reportedly issued firmware updates (versions 5.3.0.35 and 6.0.3.67 and later) to OEMs.

Provided and/or discovered by
Reported via US-CERT.

Original Advisory
US-CERT VU#730169:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/730169

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