CVE-2015-5316

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5316
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-21 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-21 13:06:00 UTC
DescriptionThe eap_pwd_perform_confirm_exchange function in eap_peer/eap_pwd.c in wpa_supplicant 2.x before 2.6, when EAP-pwd is enabled in a network configuration profile, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an EAP-pwd Confirm message followed by the Identity exchange.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant All All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - wpa_supplicant: EAP-pwd peer error path failure on unexpected Confirm message MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-2808-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Broken Link
w1.fi/security/2015-8/eap-pwd-unexpected-confirm.txt CONFIRM w1.fi Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3397-1 wpa DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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