dbarrow
08-04-2006, 09:27 AM
http://news.com.com/Intel+sends+out+Centrino+patches/2100-1002_3-6101488.html?tag=newsmap
Intel has issued patches for flaws in its Centrino device drivers and ProSet management software that affect the security of the wireless products.
Three flaws are addressed with the updates. One could allow an attacker to break into a PC via Wi-Fi or even create a worm that jumps from one wireless-enabled laptop to another, provided the computers are within each other's range. Another security hole makes the system vulnerable to attacks that let a malicious user gain additional privileges, according to security experts at Sans Internet Storm Center and F-Secure. ...
...The vulnerability involving the Intel Centrino wireless driver could allow attackers within range of a Wi-Fi station to access a vulnerable laptop and execute arbitrary code on the target system, according to the Intel advisory.
F-Secure notes that the vulnerabilities involving the drivers are "pretty awful" and that the patch can be troublesome to download and install because of its size, 129MB. ...
*If you have an Intel Centrino based notebook.....
Intel has issued patches for flaws in its Centrino device drivers and ProSet management software that affect the security of the wireless products.
Three flaws are addressed with the updates. One could allow an attacker to break into a PC via Wi-Fi or even create a worm that jumps from one wireless-enabled laptop to another, provided the computers are within each other's range. Another security hole makes the system vulnerable to attacks that let a malicious user gain additional privileges, according to security experts at Sans Internet Storm Center and F-Secure. ...
...The vulnerability involving the Intel Centrino wireless driver could allow attackers within range of a Wi-Fi station to access a vulnerable laptop and execute arbitrary code on the target system, according to the Intel advisory.
F-Secure notes that the vulnerabilities involving the drivers are "pretty awful" and that the patch can be troublesome to download and install because of its size, 129MB. ...
*If you have an Intel Centrino based notebook.....