CVE-2005-4835 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2005-4835 at MITRE

Description

The ath_rate_sample function in the ath_rate/sample/sample.c sample code in MadWifi before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed KASSERT and system crash) by moving a connected system to a location with low signal strength, and possibly other vectors related to a race condition between interface enabling and packet transmission.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.1
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Complete

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 03:03:08 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:44 2025