Omerta

WVE ID: WVE-2005-0053

Type: Exploit

Status: Candidate

Classification:
Denial of Service

Description:
Omerta is an 802.11 DoS tool that sends Disassociate frames to all stations on a channel.

Discussion:
Omerta is a tool for Linux that uses Packetfactory's Radiate 802.11 frame injection library. It will autmatically send disassociation frames to all devices on the same channel as the card in the machine Omerta is running on.

The reason code used in each frame is 0x01 - Unspecified.

Credits
Author: Mike Schiffman (mike@infonexus.com) : Packetfactory

References
WVE: WVE-2005-0046
URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/89/326248

Released: 2003-06-23

Submitter
Andrew Lockhart (alockhart@networkchemistry.com) : Network Chemistry

Submitted: Wed Nov 30 15:50:07 -0800 2005

Candidate Date: Wed Nov 30 15:51:08 -0800 2005

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