SB2015061513 - Multiple vulnerabilities in wpa_supplicant
Published: June 15, 2015 Updated: August 9, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4146)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The EAP-pwd peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not clear the L (Length) and M (More) flags before determining if a response should be fragmented, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4143)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted (1) Commit or (2) Confirm message payload.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-4/0005-EAP-pwd-peer-Fix-asymmetric-fragmentation-behavior.patch
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-4/eap-pwd-missing-payload-length-validation.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/09/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2650-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17