b43 wifi connection impossible

Bug #2008473 reported by grabthar
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b43-fwcutter (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

-Nearby wifi networks are visible.
-Can connect to unprotected networks.
-Can't connect to protected networks. Slow connection process until I receive error message:
"No passphrase given"

affect: firmware-b43-installer(1:019-7build2)
affect OS:
    Kubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
    Kubuntu 22.10

Network/sys info:
Network mode: WPA2+AES
Support: b/g/n
Wifi not in greenfield mode.
Also tried splitting 2.4Ghz - 5Ghz to different ssid - Fail.
Disabled n band - Fail.

Secure boot: disabled
Motherboard: F2A78M-D3H
Bios: F4(latest stable)
NIC: Belkin F5D7000-V1000

lspci -vknn
03:06.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Belkin F5D7000 v1000 Wireless G Desktop Card [1799:7000]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
        Memory at fe100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
        Kernel modules: ssb

iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

Will also affect: firmware-b43-installer (1:019-8) (debian sid) - Fail
firmware-b43-installer (1:019-3) (debian stretch) - Success

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: firmware-b43-installer 1:019-7build2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-31.32-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri Feb 24 10:35:25 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-02-18 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: b43-fwcutter
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2023-02-19 (4 days ago)

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