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Gentoo: 200704-15 Normal: MadWifi Driver DoS Threats Identified

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Calendar Grey April 18, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Investigate weaknesses in the MadWifi driver responsible for potential Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and data leaks. For comprehensive advisory information, review the complete report.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the MadWifi driver, possibly leading to a Denial of Service and information disclosure.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200704-15 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: MadWifi: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: April 17, 2007 Bugs: #173434 ID: 200704-15

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the MadWifi driver, possibly leading to a Denial of Service and information disclosure.
Background ========= The MadWifi driver provides support for Atheros based IEEE 802.11 Wireless Lan cards.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-wireless/madwifi-ng < 0.9.3 >= 0.9.3
========== The driver does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information Elements, allowing for an abnormal channel chang...

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