Foresight alert FLEA-2007-0021-2 (madwifi)

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Foresight Linux Essential Announcement Service <foresight-security-noreply@foresightlinux.org>
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FLEA-2007-0021-2: madwifi
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Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:23:27 -0400
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full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, lwn@lwn.net
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Foresight Linux Essential Advisory: 2007-0021-2
Published: 2007-05-24
Updated:
    21007-06-06 The previously released version of madwifi which fixes this security issue
erroneously did not contain the kernel modules necessary for madwifi to properly function

Rating: Major

Updated Versions:

madwifi=/drivers.rpath.org@rpl:devel//fl:desktop//foresight.rpath.org@fl:1-devel//1/0.9.3.1-0.0.1.1-1
    group-dist=/foresight.rpath.org@fl:1-devel//1/1.3-0.1-6

References:
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25339/

Description:
    Previous versions of the madwifi kernel module were vulnerable to three issues whereby
malicious remote users can cause a crash via specially formed packets sent to the vulnerable
system.

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Copyright 2007 Foresight Linux Project
This file is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
A copy is available at http://www.foresightlinux.org/permanent/mit-license.html

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