National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2831

Overview

Array index error in the (1) ieee80211_ioctl_getwmmparams and (2) ieee80211_ioctl_setwmmparams functions in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), possibly obtain kernel memory contents, and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative array index value.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://madwifi.org/wiki/Security

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://madwifi.org/wiki/Security

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1334

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://madwifi.org/ticket/1334

External Source: XF

Name: madwifi-ieee80211ioctlgetwmmparams-dos(34453)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/34453

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-1919

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1919

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-479-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1

External Source: BID

Name: 24114

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24114

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070606 FLEA-2007-0021-2: madwifi

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/470674/100/100/threaded

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2007:014

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:132

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:132

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200706-04

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-04.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26083

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26083

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25861

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25861

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25763

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25763

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25622

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25622

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25339

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25339

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 36637

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/36637