Vulnerability in Madwifi

CVE-2006-7180

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.

EPSS: 0.021 (79.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

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