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Ubuntu 6.10 USN-404-1 Critical: MadWifi Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security announcement for Ubuntu concerning MadWifi driver that influences packet verification, potentially granting root privileges.
Laurent Butti, Jerome Razniewski, and Julien Tinnes discovered that the MadWifi wireless driver did not correctly check packet contents when receiving scan replies

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security advisory remote code execution Ubuntu root access MadWifi linux-restricted-modules packet inspection

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-404-1 January 09, 2007

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution Ubuntu root access MadWifi linux-restricted-modules packet inspection

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