6.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2006-7180

Published: 30/03/2007 Updated: 16/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

ieee80211_output.c in MadWifi prior to 0.9.3 sends unencrypted packets before WPA authentication succeeds, which allows remote malicious users to obtain sensitive information (related to network structure), and possibly cause a denial of service (disrupted authentication) and conduct spoofing attacks.

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Vendor Advisories

Multiple flaws in the MadWifi driver were discovered that could lead to a system crash A physically near-by attacker could generate specially crafted wireless network traffic and cause a denial of service (CVE-2006-7177, CVE-2006-7178, CVE-2006-7179, CVE-2007-2829, CVE-2007-2830) ...