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>> D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless Device Driver Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless Device Driver Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4488
CVE ID : CVE-2006-6055
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-11-14


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A vulnerability has been identified in D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless Device Driver, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the "A5AGU.SYS" driver when handling requests with an overly long Rates Information Element, which could be exploited by attackers within range of a vulnerable Wi-Fi station to execute arbitrary commands with kernel-level privileges.

Note : A fully functional exploit has been published.

Affected Products

D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless Device Driver versions 1.x

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.21 :
http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DWL-G132

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4488
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-13-11-2006.html
http://support.dlink.com/products/XPstatus.asp?Prodid=DWL-G132&OS=winxp

Credits

Vulnerability reported by H D Moore

ChangeLog

2006-11-14 : Initial release
2007-11-22 : Updated Solution

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