Ubuntu: MadWifi vulnerability
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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-404-1 January 09, 2007 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 vulnerability CVE-2006-6332 ========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. 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. 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. Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.10: Source archives: Size/MD5: 91232 214d9eb16acbaf284a8f82c11bd5d8b3 Size/MD5: 2615 0901f5c273c79ec85bf56572899e335a Size/MD5: 94289230 283efe66f46b478dea207dac92b7e4e2 Architecture independent packages: Size/MD5: 20046 fc9e08b82d203697e6edeb174e014d56 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) Size/MD5: 476644 7dba162a9ea3618779d49ea813b39e63 Size/MD5: 2128978 ddc1bc92aad390084f44851eba7f8f13 Size/MD5: 77440 eb2d37f10a80e8e60cc4764e3e0830b9 Size/MD5: 547416 df147ff036fc1778579e31c65ceee8b4 Size/MD5: 6652168 5ab3b414242000d991cfdd26fe0ca790 Size/MD5: 965684 9e8cc8f48186cdba5062946036503c0e Size/MD5: 319162 ca1b9585da5679f8244355249b0478e9 Size/MD5: 168346 e820ff635b29d1aeaecc773c12f3ee72 Size/MD5: 162282 cef82a40001c27a3327c840580f5cb52 Size/MD5: 6082192 ff3111d4c7ed1fc6c6b4c35867d9430a Size/MD5: 7330456 4c2e0fdc8bd60681f60474ddf26061d6 Size/MD5: 1755814 ac114a0980fafa0cf57c0756d9fd9527 Size/MD5: 1383436 f67a1ee6614974b13237733b78645c62 Size/MD5: 94004 552f5d8fc06e9aa59576da7b67f8131a Size/MD5: 133420 fb954d2e41883f01bba5509520c3b9ad Size/MD5: 16016566 ce33b64f6c5a9cd475ee1a18c9b53960 i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) Size/MD5: 1206196 12521a61773333c13508bfd7beaac419 Size/MD5: 3426548 5c9430474ff8d62c3c25afb71e8d79b3 Size/MD5: 74754 afb132196c1c7866b4cb99a3ba8732ed Size/MD5: 701646 7c4134ee10d0d7437524b1ead048ecc4 Size/MD5: 7886310 f26bb6b9bae14b9852045a5ab0ac58af Size/MD5: 7681780 8557d4dada52b5599601ab350d4be024 Size/MD5: 965576 de0a40c398b3d48e90ff6585d02141a4 Size/MD5: 292854 a635d055aa568e4d86bcf0d2c9daf91f Size/MD5: 149150 1b0cb27d327e329a9f2feb43f25a698b Size/MD5: 141334 39f1cf2833fbf8cb7301ca7f0187e8f9 Size/MD5: 3070318 f3258aa7cfb59dbc58c29fbc1c467fac Size/MD5: 4066148 d2cfe4aeae2d0853938b10c0fdcadd7c Size/MD5: 1695352 2c4696ca6aa4c33908d6318a0a4259a8 Size/MD5: 1374146 6aefb6f339290ff9d9c843149e0c60a4 Size/MD5: 140594 49a2b1a84dfbf8774c0ef71954365c79 Size/MD5: 117454 39e407bfeef903aa2179b653d8023b22 Size/MD5: 9402232 885507596f2251bfdc9a0e0fea5f8e00 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) Size/MD5: 1284986 6a793b7f7f89487263e599e6348be2f4 Size/MD5: 996346 4fb97a643472eb26b1cde62e18981bff Size/MD5: 1282644 5ace738a3764e18ddc8c39e54a75de86 Size/MD5: 965672 6ae2f93d4bf75c23153d781a88753f4e Size/MD5: 287196 d6d299c4b86e52fca726007967017f09 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) Size/MD5: 996316 f901be5d353afa46f6edcce65291ee0d Size/MD5: 996232 c3285d37a897b01a14748998974fbbd1