CVEvulnerability
CVE-2004-0459
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2004-07-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
The Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) algorithm in the IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol, when using DSSS transmission encoding, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain RF signal that causes a channel to appear busy (aka "jabber"), which prevents devices from transmitting data.
Affected configurations
• ieee 802.11 wireless protocol
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0631.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010152 securitytracker.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2004-009.pdf support.avaya.com
- http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4091 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106678 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/16034 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10342 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16138 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0631.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010152 securitytracker.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2004-009.pdf support.avaya.com
- http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4091 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106678 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/16034 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10342 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16138 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com