CVE-2006-6332

N/A Unknown

Published: December 10, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-December/003888.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://madwifi.org/changeset/1842

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207/release-0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23277

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23335

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23694

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-09.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925529

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_74_madwifi.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21486

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-404-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4901

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30800

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-December/003888.html