wpa_supplicant CVE-2015-1863 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	74296
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2015-1863
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 22 2015 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 08 2015 10:06PM
Credit:	Google security team and Alibaba security team
Vulnerable:	Slackware Linux x86_64 -current Slackware Linux -current Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:

wpa_supplicant CVE-2015-1863 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

wpa_supplicant is prone to a remote heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to adequately bounds check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in denial-of-service conditions.

wpa_supplicant CVE-2015-1863 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

wpa_supplicant CVE-2015-1863 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

wpa_supplicant CVE-2015-1863 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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