Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-7178
MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly handle reception of an AUTH frame by an IBSS node, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain AUTH frame.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2006-7178
- cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-7178
8.33%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 94 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-7178
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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7.8
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
10.0
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6.9
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NIST |
Vendor statements for CVE-2006-7178
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Red Hat 2007-04-17Not vulnerable. The MadWiFi wireless driver is not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
References for CVE-2006-7178
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
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http://madwifi.org/ticket/880
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
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http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
Security - Support | SUSE
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http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
Patch
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23431
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