CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-7179

7.8 HIGH Published 2007-03-30 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-03-30
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

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 configurations

• madwifi madwifi (<= 0.9.2) • madwifi madwifi (<= 0.9.2.1)

References