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TITLE:
NetGear WG111v2 Wireless Driver Beacon Request Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22962

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22962/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
NetGear WG111v2 Wireless Driver 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/12649/
NetGear WG111v2 Wireless Driver 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/12650/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in NetGear WG111v2 wireless driver,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the
WG111v2.SYS driver when handling beacon requests. This can be
exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a malicious
beacon request containing more than 1100 bytes of information
elements.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 5.1213.6.316 of the
WG111v2.SYS driver. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Turn off the wireless card when not in use to reduce the risk.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
H D Moore

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-16-11-2006.html

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