SB2015110914 - Input validation error in Novell Opensuse
Published: November 9, 2015 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015110914
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8041)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Multiple integer overflows in the NDEF record parser in hostapd before 2.5 and wpa_supplicant before 2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash or infinite loop) via a large payload length field value in an (1) WPS or (2) P2P NFC NDEF record, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00037.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00041.html
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-5/incomplete-wps-and-p2p-nfc-ndef-record-payload-length-validation.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75604
- https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/hostapd/ChangeLog
- https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/wpa_supplicant/ChangeLog