Title : FreeBSD IEEE 802.11 "net80211" Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0246 CVE ID : CVE-2006-0226
Rated as : High Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-01-18
Technical Description
A vulnerabilityhas been identified in FreeBSD, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an integer overflow error in the "net80211" module when handling of corrupt IEEE 802.11 beacon or probe response frames when scanning for existing wireless networks, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash or compromise a system scanning for wireless networks.
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