ubuntu · CVE-2007-2829

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Priority: medium Published: 2007-05-24 02:30:00 UTC Updated: 2025-07-17 16:41:29 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2007-2829 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20), 12 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 6, needs-triage 3, released 3.

Description:

The 802.11 network stack in net80211/ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted length field in nested 802.3 Ethernet frames in Fast Frame packets, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.

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