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>> Broadcom Wireless Device Driver "SSID" Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : Broadcom Wireless Device Driver "SSID" Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4459
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-11-12
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A vulnerability has been identified in Broadcom Wireless Device Drivers, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the "BCMWL5.SYS" driver when handling probe responses containing an overly long "SSID" (Service Set IDentifier) field, which could be exploited by attackers within range of the Wi-Fi station to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system with kernel-level privileges [...]
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Chris Eagle
ChangeLog
2006-11-12 : Initial release
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