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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.