CVE-2006-7177 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

MadWifi, 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."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03292.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Madwifi Subscribe	Madwifi Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-7159	MadWifi, 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."
Ubuntu USN	USN-479-1	MadWifi vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://madwifi.org/ticket/880
http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
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/23433
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-03-30T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:39.686Z

Reserved: 2007-03-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-7177

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-03-30T01:19:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-7177

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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