National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1197

Overview

The Marvell driver for the Netgear WN802T Wi-Fi access point with firmware 1.3.16 on the Marvell 88W8361P-BEM1 chipset does not properly parse the SSID information element in an association request, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reboot or hang) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a "Null SSID."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: XF

Name: netgear-wn802t-ssid-dos(44918)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44918

External Source: BID

Name: 30976

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30976

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080904 Marvell Driver Null SSID Association Request Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495983/100/0/threaded

External Source: SREASON

Name: 4215

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4215

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31770

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31770