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| Author: | nlin1996 [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | madwifi security bug |
Does anybody know if the madwifi drivers released with R5D1 have the fix for the madwifi security bug(http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/ ... e=samechan)? The madwifi.org site http://madwifi.org/ says to use at least version 0.9.2.1. I can't figure out how to see what drivers I'm currently running before I think about upgrading. |
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| Author: | cecil [ Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:46 am ] |
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No, madwifi in R5D1 doesn't have the fixed madwifi. R5D1 was release some time ago, the bug was recently discovered. |
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| Author: | nlin1996 [ Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:12 am ] |
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Thanks. Anybody know how to find the madwifi version? I'm trying to update to 0.9.3.0, but I think my /etc/atp/sources.list is missing something. It can't find the madwifi-sources package. I need the version to verify that the driver actually changed once I think I get the new one installed. |
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| Author: | simonflood [ Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:43 am ] |
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nlin1996 wrote: Anybody know how to find the madwifi version?
What does the following report? Code: # dpkg -l | grep -i madwifi
HTH Simon |
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| Author: | nlin1996 [ Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:48 am ] |
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That dumps out a whole bunch of text. I don't have webmin setup, so I can't get the file and paste it here. It looks like the only versions in there are 0.9.2. I got anxious and tried to update madwifi using apt-update and the other instructions from madwifi.org, but I get an error that the madwif package can't be found. Has anybody updated madwifi in R5D1? |
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| Author: | cecil [ Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:27 am ] |
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http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/Debian Installing the Debian way worked in earlier series. You should note with D1 being as old as it is and a stable release of Debian just coming out, you may have difficulties obtaining packages. And you don't want to dist-upgrade.... If all else fails the Debian way, install from source. |
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| Author: | nlin1996 [ Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:11 am ] |
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Looks like R5D1 must be too old for the debian packages that apt finds. I was able to do the apt-get update and apt-install madwifi-source and madwifi-tools, but after rebooting the kernel crashes. Looks like I'm going to have to install from source. I've installed ndiswrapper from source, starting with a .tz file. Should the madwifi install the same way? Maybe I can find the source install steps at madwifi.org. I'm still suprised I haven't seen anybody else post anything about upgrading to be safe from the security bug in 0.9.2. |
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