CVE-2006-0376 Information

Description

The 802.11 wireless client in certain operating systems including Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 does not warn the user when (1) it establishes an association with a station in ad hoc (aka peer-to-peer) mode or (2) a station in ad hoc mode establishes an association with it which allows remote attackers to put unexpected wireless communication into place.

Reference

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/349 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015489 http://www.nmrc.org/pub/advise/20060114.txt http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5YP0D2KHHO.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421868/100/0/threaded http://www.theta44.org/karma/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24157