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    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.

    Published:Mar 30, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 30, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.06329
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Madwifi
    Product
    Madwifi

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2007-5448 (CVSS 4.3) — Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a beacon frame wi…
    CVE-2007-2831 (CVSS 10) — Array index error in the (1) ieee80211_ioctl_getwmmparams and (2) ieee80211_ioctl_setwmmparams functions in ne…
    CVE-2007-2830 (CVSS 5) — The ath_beacon_config function in if_ath.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
    CVE-2007-2829 (CVSS 5) — The 802.11 network stack in net80211/ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to ca…
    CVE-2006-7177 (CVSS 7.8) — MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via uns…
    CVE-2006-7179 (CVSS 7.8) — ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information El…
    CVE-2006-7180 (CVSS 6.8) — ieee80211_output.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 sends unencrypted packets before WPA authentication succeeds, which…
    CVE-2006-6332 (CVSS 7.5) — Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers…
    CVE-2005-4835 (CVSS 7.1) — The ath_rate_sample function in the ath_rate/sample/sample.c sample code in MadWifi before 0.9.3 allows remote…

    References

    http://madwifi.org/ticket/880
    http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24670
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24931
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
    http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23431
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187
    http://madwifi.org/ticket/880
    http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24670
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24931
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
    http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23431
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High