GLSA-200612-09 : MadWifi: Kernel driver buffer overflow

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200612-09 MadWifi: Kernel driver buffer overflow Laurent Butti, Jerome Raznieski and Julien Tinnes reported a buffer overflow in the encodeie and the giwscancb functions from ieee80211wireless.c. Impact : A remote attacker could...

MadWifi: Kernel driver buffer overflow

Background MadWifi Multiband Atheros Driver for Wireless Fidelity provides a Linux kernel device driver for Atheros-based Wireless LAN devices. Description Laurent Butti, Jerome Raznieski and Julien Tinnes reported a buffer overflow in the encodeie and the giwscancb functions from...