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Package: madwifi-source
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch
Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for madwifi-source.
CVE-2007-5448[0]:
| Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial
| of service (panic) via a beacon frame with a large length value in the
| extended supported rates (xrates) element, which triggers an assertion
| error, related to net80211/ieee80211_scan_ap.c and
| net80211/ieee80211_scan_sta.c.
If you fix this vulnerability please also include the CVE id
in your changelog entry.
This is fixed in upstream svn on:
http://madwifi.org/changeset/2736
For further information:
[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5448
Kind regards
Nico
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Source: madwifi
Source-Version: 1:0.9.3.2-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
madwifi, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
madwifi-source_0.9.3.2-2_all.deb
to pool/non-free/m/madwifi/madwifi-source_0.9.3.2-2_all.deb
madwifi_0.9.3.2-2.diff.gz
to pool/non-free/m/madwifi/madwifi_0.9.3.2-2.diff.gz
madwifi_0.9.3.2-2.dsc
to pool/non-free/m/madwifi/madwifi_0.9.3.2-2.dsc
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Kel Modderman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated madwifi package)
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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:00:28 +1000
Source: madwifi
Binary: madwifi-source
Architecture: source all
Version: 1:0.9.3.2-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Debian madwifi team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Kel Modderman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
madwifi-source - source for the Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi
Closes: 446039 446090 446824
Changes:
madwifi (1:0.9.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=high
.
* Add fix_2.6.23_include_fs_h.dpatch for linux 2.6.23 compatibility.
(Closes: #446090, #446039)
* Add 10_CVE-2007-5448_sanitize_xrates.dpatch to fix CVE-2007-5448:
- DoS vulnerability via kassert from poor checking of xrate element in
scan results (Closes: #446824)
* Adjust Vcs fields of debian/control to format of current concensus.
* Use Homepage field of debian/control.
Files:
7441cdd080643468a14f311b52b7cffe 928 non-free/net optional
madwifi_0.9.3.2-2.dsc
9fb20df8b0fcfa2dd8b7d13ad992ef02 13060 non-free/net optional
madwifi_0.9.3.2-2.diff.gz
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madwifi-source_0.9.3.2-2_all.deb
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