CVE-2005-4835 Information

Description

The ath_rate_sample function in the ath_rate/sample/sample.c sample code in MadWifi before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed KASSERT and system crash) by moving a connected system to a location with low signal strength and possibly other vectors related to a race condition between interface enabling and packet transmission.

Reference

http://madwifi.org/ticket/162 http://madwifi.org/ticket/279 http://madwifi.org/ticket/287 http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3 http://secunia.com/advisories/24841 http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html