FKIE_CVE-2006-6332

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-12-10 11:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:32
Severity
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the encode_ie and giwscan_cb functions.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-December/003888.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://madwifi.org/changeset/1842Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207/release-0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23277Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23335
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23694
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-09.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925529US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_74_madwifi.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21486Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-404-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4901
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30800
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-December/003888.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://madwifi.org/changeset/1842Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207/release-0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23277Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23694
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-09.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925529US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_74_madwifi.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21486Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-404-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4901
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30800
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
madwifi madwifi 0.9.2.1
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