MadWifi Xrates Element Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:26052

Info

MadWifi Xrates Element Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 26052
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2007-5448
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 12 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 11 2008 03:59PM
Credit: Clemens Kolbitsch and Sylvester Keil of Secure Systems Lab are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.3 2
MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.3
MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.2
MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.3.1
MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.2.1
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.3.3

Discussion

MadWifi Xrates Element Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

MadWifi is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the application limits the size of the extended supported rates element in beacon frames transmitted from wireless access points.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the affected computer to crash, denying further service to legitimate users.

This issue affects MadWifi 0.9.3.2 and prior versions.

Exploit / POC

MadWifi Xrates Element Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by using readily available network utilities.

Solution / Fix

MadWifi Xrates Element Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.3.1

MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.2.1

MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.2

MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.3 2

MADWifi MADWifi 0.9.3

References

MadWifi Xrates Element Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:
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