CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-0226

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An integer overflow in the IEEE 802.11 network subsystem (ieee80211_ioctl.c) in FreeBSD before 6.0-STABLE occurs while scanning for wireless networks. Remote attackers can exploit this by broadcasting crafted beacon or probe response frames to execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

An unauthenticated remote attacker can gain full control of the FreeBSD system, leading to complete compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade FreeBSD to version 6.0-STABLE or later, which includes a fix for the integer overflow vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Integer overflow in IEEE 802.11 network subsystem (ieee80211_ioctl.c) in FreeBSD before 6.0-STABLE, while scanning for wireless networks, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by broadcasting crafted (1) beacon or (2) probe response frames.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS