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GLSA-200711-09 : MadWifi: Denial of Service

🗓️ 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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MadWifi: Denial of Service vulnerability in processing beacon frames with overly large 'length' value in 'xrates' element. Remote attacker can cause kernel panic in Atheros based wireless client

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CVE
CVE-2007-5448
14 Oct 200718:00
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EUVD
EUVD-2007-5424
7 Oct 202500:30
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MadWifi: Denial of service
7 Nov 200700:00
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23 Apr 200900:00
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14 Oct 200718:17
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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-09 (madwifi-ng)
24 Sep 200800:00
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Mandriva Update for madwifi-source MDVSA-2008:007 (madwifi-source)
9 Apr 200900:00
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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-09 (madwifi-ng)
24 Sep 200800:00
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-09.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(27826);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5448");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200711-09");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200711-09 : MadWifi: Denial of Service");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200711-09
(MadWifi: Denial of Service)

    Clemens Kolbitsch and Sylvester Keil reported an error when processing
    beacon frames with an overly large 'length' value in the 'xrates'
    element.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could act as an access point and send a specially
    crafted packet to an Atheros based wireless client, possibly resulting
    in a Denial of Service (kernel panic).
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200711-09"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All MadWifi users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.3.3'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cwe_id(20);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:madwifi-ng");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/11/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/10/12");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"net-wireless/madwifi-ng", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.9.3.3"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.9.3.3"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "MadWifi");
}

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