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CVE-2004-0459 (GCVE-0-2004-0459)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-05-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:17
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.osvdb.org/16034 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010152 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4091 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERT
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/106678 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10342 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2004-05-12 00:00
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