Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the encode_ie and giwscan_cb functions.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 3
- Madwifi - SIOCGIWSCAN Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16835 · remote · Sep 20, 2010 · verified
- Madwifi 0.9.2.1 - WPA/RSN IE Remote Kernel Buffer Overflow EDB-3389 · remote · Mar 1, 2007 · verified
- Madwifi < 0.9.2.1 - SIOCGIWSCAN Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-10024 · remote · Dec 8, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- SUSE-SA:2006:074 vendor-advisory
- 21486 vdb-entry
- http://madwifi.org/changeset/1842
- SUSE-SR:2006:028 vendor-advisory
- GLSA-200612-09 vendor-advisory
- 23335 third-party-advisory
- 23277 third-party-advisory
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207/release-0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue
- VU#925529 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-4901 vdb-entry
- USN-404-1 vendor-advisory
- madwifi-giwscan-encode-bo(30800) vdb-entry
- 23694 third-party-advisory
- [Dailydave] 20061208 Madwifi SIOCSIWSCAN vulnerability (CVE-2006-6332) mailing-list