Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 30, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-7179
CVE-2006-7179
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.
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References
16- dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101nvd
- madwifi.org/ticket/963nvd
- madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24670nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24841nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24931nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25861nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26083nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/34645nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23436nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187nvd
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