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>> Aircrack-NG "check_shared_key()" Authentication Packet Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Aircrack-NG "check_shared_key()" Authentication Packet Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1379
CVE ID : CVE-2007-2057
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-04-13
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A vulnerability has been identified in Aircrack-NG, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "check_shared_key()" [airodump-ng.c] function when processing malformed 802.11 authentication packets while logging traffic using the "-w" or "--write" option, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted packet to a system running the airodump-ng tool.
Affected Products
Aircrack-NG version 0.7 and prior
Solution
A fix is available via CVS :
http://trac.aircrack-ng.org/changeset/288
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1379
http://trac.aircrack-ng.org/ticket/167
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Jonathan So
ChangeLog
2007-04-13 : Initial release
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