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CVE-2006-7179

Summary
Assigner-mitre
Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At-30 Mar, 2007 | 01:00
Updated At-07 Aug, 2024 | 20:57
Rejected At-
Credits

ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information Elements (CSA IEs), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of communication) via a Channel Switch Count less than or equal to one, triggering a channel change.

Vendors
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Products
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Metrics (CVSS)
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Weaknesses
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References
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No data available for selected date range
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No data available for selected date range
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
cve.org
Assigner:mitre
Assigner Org ID:8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At:30 Mar, 2007 | 01:00
Updated At:07 Aug, 2024 | 20:57
Rejected At:
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information Elements (CSA IEs), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of communication) via a Channel Switch Count less than or equal to one, triggering a channel change.

Affected Products
Vendor
n/a
Product
n/a
Versions
Affected
  • n/a
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
textN/An/a
Type: text
CWE ID: N/A
Description: n/a
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC IDDescription
Solutions
Configurations
Workarounds
Exploits
Credits
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By
Rejected Reason
References
HyperlinkResource
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/24670
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/24931
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.osvdb.org/34645
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://madwifi.org/ticket/963
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101
x_refsource_MISC
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24670
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24931
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
Hyperlink: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
Hyperlink: http://www.osvdb.org/34645
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
Hyperlink: http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: http://madwifi.org/ticket/963
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Hyperlink: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
Hyperlink: http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101
Resource:
x_refsource_MISC
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CVE Program Container
Affected Products
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC IDDescription
Solutions
Configurations
Workarounds
Exploits
Credits
Timeline
EventDate
Replaced By
Rejected Reason
References
HyperlinkResource
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
x_transferred
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/24670
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/24931
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
x_transferred
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
x_transferred
http://www.osvdb.org/34645
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
x_transferred
http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
http://madwifi.org/ticket/963
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
x_transferred
http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101
x_refsource_MISC
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24670
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24931
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.osvdb.org/34645
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://madwifi.org/ticket/963
Resource:
x_refsource_CONFIRM
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
Resource:
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
Resource:
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101
Resource:
x_refsource_MISC
x_transferred
Information is not available yet
▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
nvd.nist.gov
Source:cve@mitre.org
Published At:30 Mar, 2007 | 01:19
Updated At:23 Apr, 2026 | 00:35

ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information Elements (CSA IEs), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of communication) via a Channel Switch Count less than or equal to one, triggering a channel change.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary2.07.8HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 7.8
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CPE Matches
madwifi
madwifi
>>madwifi>>Versions up to 0.9.2(inclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
madwifi
madwifi
>>madwifi>>Versions up to 0.9.2.1(inclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
NVD-CWE-OtherPrimarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: NVD-CWE-Other
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Evaluator Description
Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements
Organization : Red Hat
Last Modified : 2007-04-17T00:00:00

Not vulnerable. The MadWiFi wireless driver is not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

References
HyperlinkSourceResource
http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://madwifi.org/ticket/963cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/24670cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/24841cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/24931cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/25861cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xmlcve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.htmlcve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.osvdb.org/34645cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threadedcve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187cve@mitre.org
N/A
http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://madwifi.org/ticket/963af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/24670af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/24841af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/24931af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/25861af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.osvdb.org/34645af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threadedaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
Hyperlink: http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://madwifi.org/ticket/963
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24670
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24931
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.osvdb.org/34645
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://madwifi.org/ticket/963
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24670
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/24931
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.osvdb.org/34645
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A

Change History

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CVE-2006-7177
Matching Score-8
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
ShareView Details
Matching Score-8
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-7.8||HIGH
EPSS-2.33% / 81.74%
||
7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-30 Mar, 2007 | 01:00
Updated-23 Apr, 2026 | 00:35
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
KEV Action Due Date-Not Available

MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to "packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system."

Action-Not Available
Vendor-madwifin/a
Product-madwifin/a
CVE-2006-7178
Matching Score-8
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
ShareView Details
Matching Score-8
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-7.8||HIGH
EPSS-2.60% / 83.75%
||
7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-30 Mar, 2007 | 01:00
Updated-23 Apr, 2026 | 00:35
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
KEV Action Due Date-Not Available

MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly handle reception of an AUTH frame by an IBSS node, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain AUTH frame.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-madwifin/a
Product-madwifin/a
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