Info

Disclosure

Jan 18, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

A remote overflow exists in FreeBSD. With a specially crafted request beacon or probe response frame, a malicious attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code within the context of the FreeBSD kernel on any system scanning for wireless networks. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 6-STABLE or to the RELENG_6_0 security branch dated after the correction date, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, FreeBSD has released a patch for some older versions.

Products

FreeBSD Project

FreeBSD

6.0

References

Security Tracker: 1015518
Secunia Advisory ID: 18353
SCIP VulDB ID: 1990
CVE ID: 2006-0226 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.asc
Vendor Specific Solution URL: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-06:05/80211.patch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-06:05/80211.patch.asc
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-01/0348.html
Vendor URL: http://www.freebsd.org
Other Advisory URL: http://www.signedness.org/advisories/sps-0x1.txt

Credit

Karl Janmar -

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/22537