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

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 ...