NULL pointer dereference in wpa_supplicant - CVE-2015-5316
Published: March 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11269
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5316
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jouni Malinen
Affected software:
wpa_supplicant
wpa_supplicant
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the eap_pwd_perform_confirm_exchangefunction due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can submit an EAP-pwd Confirm message prior to the Identity exchange and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the eap_pwd_perform_confirm_exchangefunction due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can submit an EAP-pwd Confirm message prior to the Identity exchange and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5316
Update to version 2.6.