---------------------------------------------------------------------- To improve our services to our customers, we have made a number of additions to the Secunia Advisories and have started translating the advisories to German. The improvements will help our customers to get a better understanding of how we reached our conclusions, how it was rated, our thoughts on exploitation, attack vectors, and scenarios. This includes: * Reason for rating * Extended description * Extended solution * Exploit code or links to exploit code * Deep links Read the full description: http://corporate.secunia.com/products/48/?r=l Contact Secunia Sales for more information: http://corporate.secunia.com/how_to_buy/15/?r=l ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless Driver Beacon Rates Buffer Overflow SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA22860 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/22860/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: D-Link Wireless USB Network Adapter Driver 1.x http://secunia.com/product/12585/ DESCRIPTION: H D Moore has reported a vulnerability in D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless driver, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the A5AGU.SYS device driver when handling beacon requests containing more than 36 bytes in the Rates information element. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet. The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0.1.41. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Turn off the wireless card when not in use. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: H D Moore ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-13-11-2006.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------