CVE-2006-7177

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-7177
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-03-30 01:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMadWifi, 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Madwifi Madwifi 0.9.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandriva update for madwifi-source - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for MadWifi - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#880 (malicious ad-hoc auth frame crashes the system) - madwifi.org - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 madwifi.org
USN-479-1: MadWifi vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
MadWIFI Ad-Hoc Mode Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:082 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-04-17Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. The MadWiFi wireless driver is not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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