First published: Sun Jan 22 2006(Updated: )
The 802.11 wireless client in certain operating systems including Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 does not warn the user when (1) it establishes an association with a station in ad hoc (aka peer-to-peer) mode or (2) a station in ad hoc mode establishes an association with it, which allows remote attackers to put unexpected wireless communication into place.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows XP | =gold | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =gold | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =r2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp4 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp3 |
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