--- title: "CVE-2006-7177\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-7177?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-7177 Publication date 30 March 2007 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211\_input function, related to "packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system." ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.6.15.12-29.1 | | linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.6.17.8-12.3 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.6.20.5-16.29 | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-7177) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7177) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-7177) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-7177) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-479-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-479-1) + MadWifi vulnerabilities + 29 June 2007 ### Other references *