Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-404-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Laurent Butti, Jerome Razniewski, and Julien Tinnes discovered that the MadWifi wireless driver did not correctly check packet contents when receiving scan replies. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Affected
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.10
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-6332 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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