Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for madwifi-ng. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for madwifi-ng
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24931
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24931/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for madwifi-ng. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain
knowledge of potentially sensitive information or cause a DoS (Denial
of Service).
For more information:
SA24670
SOLUTION:
Update to "net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.9.3" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24670:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24670/
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