Secunia Security Advisory - H D Moore has reported a vulnerability in D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless driver, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless Driver Beacon Rates Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22860
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22860/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
D-Link Wireless USB Network Adapter Driver 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/12585/
DESCRIPTION:
H D Moore has reported a vulnerability in D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless
driver, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the A5AGU.SYS
device driver when handling beacon requests containing more than 36
bytes in the Rates information element. This can be exploited to
cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet.
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0.1.41. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Turn off the wireless card when not in use.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
H D Moore
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-13-11-2006.html
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