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Gentoo GLSA-200706-04 High: MadWifi Multiple Issues - DoS or Code Exec

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2007
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Critical warning issued concerning MadWifi security flaws on Gentoo systems, possibly leading to unauthorized code execution or denial of service.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MadWifi, possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200706-04 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: MadWifi: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: June 11, 2007 Bugs: #179532 ID: 200706-04

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MadWifi, possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
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 < 0.9.3.1 >= 0.9.3.1
========== Md Sohail Ahmad from AirTight Networks has discovered a divison by zero in the ath_beacon_config() function (CVE-2007-2830). The ...

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