Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in NetGear MA521 Wireless Driver, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a memory corruption error in the "MA521nd5.SYS" driver when handling frames containing an invalid supported 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.

Affected Products

NetGear MA521 Wireless Driver version 5.148.724.2003 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.175 :
http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/d103041.asp

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4604
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-18-11-2006.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Laurent Butti

ChangeLog

2006-11-20 : Initial release
2007-01-03 : Updated Solution

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