Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant - CVE-2015-1863
Published: April 28, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32294
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1863
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4. A remote attacker can use crafted SSID information in a management frame when creating or updating P2P entries. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
wpa_supplicant
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Opensuse
wpa_supplicant (Alpine package)
hostapd (Alpine package)
wpa_supplicant
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Opensuse
wpa_supplicant (Alpine package)
hostapd (Alpine package)
wpa_supplicant
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1863
Update to version 2.4.0.
wpa_supplicant - update to 2.4.0
wpa_supplicant (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.0-r1, 2.0-r2
hostapd (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.3-r1, 2.3-r2
wpa_supplicant - addressed in versions 2.0-13.fc21, 2.3-3.fc22
wpa_supplicant (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.0-r1, 2.0-r2
hostapd (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.3-r1, 2.3-r2
wpa_supplicant - addressed in versions 2.0-13.fc21, 2.3-3.fc22
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00000.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131598/Android-wpa_supplicant-Heap-Overflow.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/82
- http://security.alibaba.com/blog/blog.htm?spm=0.0.0.0.p1ECc3&id=19
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3233
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535353/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032192
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2577-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17
Related Security Bulletins
- Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant
- Heap-based buffer overflow in hostapd (Alpine package)
- Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant (Alpine package)
- OpenSUSE Linux update for hostapd
- Gentoo update for hostapd and wpa_supplicant
- Fedora 21 update for wpa_supplicant
- Fedora 22 update for wpa_supplicant