CVE-2007-2830 Information

Description

The ath_beacon_config function in if_ath.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted beacon interval information when scanning for access points which triggers a divide-by-zero error.

Reference

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1270 http://madwifi.org/wiki/Security http://osvdb.org/36636 http://secunia.com/advisories/25339 http://secunia.com/advisories/25622 http://secunia.com/advisories/25763 http://secunia.com/advisories/25861 http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-04.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:132 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470674/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24114 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1919 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34451