Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Atheros wireless drivers, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Atheros Wireless Driver Management Frame Handling Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26348
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26348/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Atheros 802.11 a/b/g Wireless Driver
http://secunia.com/product/15189/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Atheros wireless drivers, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling management
frames and can be exploited to create a DoS condition via a specially
crafted 802.11 management frame.
SOLUTION:
The vendor has reportedly issued firmware updates (versions 5.3.0.35
and 6.0.3.67 and later) to OEMs.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported via US-CERT.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#730169:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/730169
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