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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56186
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.asc)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.asc
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.asc

Vulnerability Insight:
The IEEE 802.11 network subsystem of FreeBSD implements the protocol
negotiation used for wireless networking.

An integer overflow in the handling of corrupt IEEE 802.11 beacon or
probe response frames when scanning for existing wireless networks can
result in the frame overflowing a buffer.

Solution:
Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release
or security branch dated after the correction date.

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-0226
BugTraq ID: 16296
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16296
FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-06:05
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.asc
http://kernelwars.blogspot.com/2007/01/alive.html
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-07/bh-eu-07-speakers.html#Eriksson
http://www.signedness.org/advisories/sps-0x1.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/22537
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015518
http://secunia.com/advisories/18353
XForce ISS Database: bsd-ieee80211-bo(24192)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24192
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