CVE-2015-4142

Summary

CVECVE-2015-4142
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-15 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-17 07:15:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd 0.5.5 through 2.4 and wpa_supplicant 0.7.0 through 2.4, when used for AP mode MLME/SME functionality, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 0.7.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 0.7.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 0.7.2 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 0.7.3 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 1.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 1.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 2.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 2.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 2.2 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 2.3 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 2.4 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 0.7.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 0.7.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 0.7.2 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 0.7.3 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 1.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 1.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 2.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 2.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 2.2 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 2.3 All All All
Application W1.fi Hostapd 2.4 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 0.7.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 0.7.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 0.7.2 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 0.7.3 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 1.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 1.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 2.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 2.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 2.2 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 2.3 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 2.4 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 0.7.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 0.7.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 0.7.2 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 0.7.3 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 1.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 1.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 2.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 2.1 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 2.2 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 2.3 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant 2.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201606-17) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
About the security content of iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: wpa_supplicant-2.0-17.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-2650-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: hostapd/wpa_supplicant - Integer underflow in AP mode WMM Action frame processing MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: vulnerability in wpa_supplicant and hostapd MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: wpa_supplicant-2.4-6.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1030-1: moderate: Recommended update for wpa_supplicant SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-1 iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 FULLDISC seclists.org
wpa_supplicant Integer Overflow in Processing WMM Action Frames Lets Remote Users - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: wpa_supplicant-2.4-7.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3397-1 wpa DEBIAN www.debian.org
w1.fi/security/2015-3/integer-underflow-in-ap-mode-wmm-action-frame... CONFIRM w1.fi Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 610416 Apple iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 Security Update Missing (HT213258)
  • 750549 OpenSUSE Security Update for wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2020:2059-1)
  • 750557 OpenSUSE Security Update for wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2020:2053-1)
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