CVE-2006-0226 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Integer overflow in IEEE 802.11 network subsystem (ieee80211_ioctl.c) in FreeBSD before 6.0-STABLE, while scanning for wireless networks, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by broadcasting crafted (1) beacon or (2) probe response frames.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.17279.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Freebsd	Freebsd

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:release::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:stable::::::

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.asc
http://kernelwars.blogspot.com/2007/01/alive.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18353
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015518
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-07/bh-eu-07-speakers.html#Eriksson
http://www.osvdb.org/22537
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16296
http://www.signedness.org/advisories/sps-0x1.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24192

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: freebsd

Published: 2006-01-19T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:25:34.041Z

Reserved: 2006-01-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-0226

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-01-19T01:03:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-0226

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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