Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59090
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-404-1 (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 announced via advisory USN-404-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: 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. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.10: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-386 2.6.17.7-10.1 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2.6.17.7-10.1 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-powerpc 2.6.17.7-10.1 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-powerpc-smp 2.6.17.7-10.1 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-powerpc64-smp 2.6.17.7-10.1 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-sparc64 2.6.17.7-10.1 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-sparc64-smp 2.6.17.7-10.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-404-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-6332 BugTraq ID: 21486 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21486 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#925529 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925529 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-09.xml http://madwifi.org/changeset/1842 http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-December/003888.html http://secunia.com/advisories/23277 http://secunia.com/advisories/23335 http://secunia.com/advisories/23694 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2006:074 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_74_madwifi.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:028 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-404-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4901 XForce ISS Database: madwifi-giwscan-encode-bo(30800) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30800
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