ieee80211_output.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 sends unencrypted packets before WPA authentication succeeds, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (related to network structure), and possibly cause a denial of service (disrupted authentication) and conduct spoofing attacks.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.3
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-wireless/madwifi-ng. | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 29, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade madwifi-kmp-defaultUpgrade madwifi-kmp-smpUpgrade madwifi-kmp-bigsmp | Feb 17, 2015 | Mar 29, 2007 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-686Upgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-sparc64Upgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-amd64-k8Upgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-amd64-xeonUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-powerpcUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-sparc64-smpUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-genericUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-sparc64Upgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-sparc64-smpUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-sparc64-smpUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-k7Upgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-genericUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-386Upgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-sparc64Upgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-powerpcUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-11-powerpcUpgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-386Upgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-386Upgrade linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-28-amd64-generic | Nov 8, 2024 | Mar 30, 2007 |
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