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Gentoo: GLSA 200711-09 Normal: MadWifi Denial of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey November 7, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Unauthorized users may leverage vulnerabilities in MadWifi to trigger service disruptions. Ensure you update to the most current release to protect your network.
MadWifi does not correctly process beacon frames which can lead to a remotely triggered Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200711-09
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: MadWifi: Denial of Service
      Date: November 07, 2007
      Bugs: #195705
        ID: 200711-09


Synopsis
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MadWifi does not correctly process beacon frames which can lead to a
remotely triggered Denial of Service.

Background
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The MadWifi driver provides support for Atheros based IEEE 802.11
Wireless Lan cards.

Affected packages
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     Package                  /  Vulnerable  /              Unaffected
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  1  net-wireless/madwifi-ng      < 0.9.3.3                 >= 0.9.3.3

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Clemens Kolbitsch and Sylvester Keil reported an error when processing
beacon frames with an overly large "length...
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