CVE-2006-7180 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2006-7180 at MITRE

Description

ieee80211_output.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 sends unencrypted packets before WPA authentication succeeds, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (related to network structure), and possibly cause a denial of service (disrupted authentication) and conduct spoofing attacks.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 263783 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2007:014, published Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:23:00 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:51 2025