CVE-2007-2830 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 24 May 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the system via crafted beacon intervals when scanning for access points in the MadWifi driver.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2007-2830?

CVE-2007-2830 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 May 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ath_beacon_config function in if_ath.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted beacon interval information when scanning for access points, which triggers a divide-by-zero error.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2830?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Madwifi Madwifi.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2830?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2830 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-2830 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2830 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pm7m-p6hw-c94g.