The Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) algorithm in the IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol, when using DSSS transmission encoding, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain RF signal that causes a channel to appear busy (aka "jabber"), which prevents devices from transmitting data.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-05-20T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.970Z

Reserved: 2004-05-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0459

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-07-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-07-11T01:30:10.603

Link: CVE-2004-0459

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