CVE-2006-7177 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-7177
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Description: MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to "packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system."

CVE Status: Candidate

References: UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1 SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html SAID Secunia Advisory: SA24841 Secunia Advisory: SA25861 Secunia Advisory: SA26083 MISC http://madwifi.org/ticket/880 MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded BID 23433

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