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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15/.17/.20 vulnerabilities (USN-479-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 28080

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Multiple flaws in the MadWifi driver were discovered that could lead to a system crash. A physically near-by attacker could generate specially crafted wireless network traffic and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-7177, CVE-2006-7178, CVE-2006-7179, CVE-2007-2829, CVE-2007-2830)

A flaw was discovered in the MadWifi driver that would allow unencrypted network traffic to be sent prior to finishing WPA authentication. A physically near-by attacker could capture this, leading to a loss of privacy, denial of service, or network spoofing.
(CVE-2006-7180)

A flaw was discovered in the MadWifi driver's ioctl handling. A local attacker could read kernel memory, or crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2831).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/479-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 28080

File Name: ubuntu_USN-479-1.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avm-fritz-firmware-2.6.15-28, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avm-fritz-firmware-2.6.17-11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avm-fritz-firmware-2.6.20-16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:avm-fritz-kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fglrx-control, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fglrx-kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-restricted-modules-2.6-386, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-restricted-modules-2.6-686, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-restricted-modules-2.6-amd64-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-restricted-modules-2.6-amd64-k8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-restricted-modules-2.6-amd64-xeon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-restricted-modules-2.6-generic, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-restricted-modules-2.6-lowlatency, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-restricted-modules-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-glx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-glx-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-glx-legacy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-glx-legacy-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-glx-new, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-glx-new-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-legacy-kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:nvidia-new-kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.17-11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vmware-server-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vmware-tools-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xorg-driver-fglrx, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xorg-driver-fglrx-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-7177, CVE-2006-7178, CVE-2006-7179, CVE-2006-7180, CVE-2007-2829, CVE-2007-2830, CVE-2007-2831

CWE: 119

USN: 479-1