ubuntu · CVE-2007-5448

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Priority: low Published: 2007-10-14 18:17:00 UTC Updated: 2024-07-24 15:57:39 UTC

View at Official ubuntu advisory, NVD, CVE.org · CVE detail

Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2007-5448 low priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (linux-restricted-modules, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24), 10 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 2, needed 2.

Description:

Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a beacon frame with a large length value in the extended supported rates (xrates) element, which triggers an assertion error, related to net80211/ieee80211_scan_ap.c and net80211/ieee80211_scan_sta.c.

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