Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-7179
ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information Elements (CSA IEs), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of communication) via a Channel Switch Count less than or equal to one, triggering a channel change.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-7179
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 11.13%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 94 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-7179
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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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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[email protected] |
Vendor statements for CVE-2006-7179
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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.
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
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http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
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http://madwifi.org/ticket/963
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
- cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*