CVE-2006-6332

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 59.53% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_74_madwifi.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21486	vdb entry patch
http://madwifi.org/changeset/1842	patch
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-09.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23335	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23277	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207/release-0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925529	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4901	vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-404-1	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30800	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23694	third party advisory
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-December/003888.html	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6332?: CVE-2006-6332 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6332?: To fix CVE-2006-6332, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-6332 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-6332 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~60% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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