CVE-2006-7179

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information Elements (CSA IEs), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of communication) via a Channel Switch Count less than or equal to one, triggering a channel change.

Find out more about CVE-2006-7179 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. The MadWiFi wireless driver is not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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