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CVE-2004-0459
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) algorithm in the IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol, when using DSSS transmission encoding, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain RF signal that causes a channel to appear busy (aka "jabber"), which prevents devices from transmitting data..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ieee:802.11_wireless_protocol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4091
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106678
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0631.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2004-009.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10342
- http://www.osvdb.org/16034
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1010152
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16138