Input validation error in hostapd - CVE-2014-3686
Published: October 16, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32419
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3686
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
wpa_supplicant and hostapd 0.7.2 through 2.2, when running with certain configurations and using wpa_cli or hostapd_cli with action scripts, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted frame.
Affected software
hostapd
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
SUSE Linux
hostapd (Alpine package)
wpa_supplicant (Alpine package)
hostapd
wpa_supplicant
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
SUSE Linux
hostapd (Alpine package)
wpa_supplicant (Alpine package)
hostapd
wpa_supplicant
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3686
Install update from vendor's website.
hostapd - update to 2.3
hostapd (Alpine package) - update to 2.3-r0
wpa_supplicant (Alpine package) - update to 2.3-r0
hostapd - addressed in versions 2.0-5.el6, 2.3-1.el7, 2.3-1.fc21
wpa_supplicant - update to 2.0-12.fc21
hostapd (Alpine package) - update to 2.3-r0
wpa_supplicant (Alpine package) - update to 2.3-r0
hostapd - addressed in versions 2.0-5.el6, 2.3-1.el7, 2.3-1.fc21
wpa_supplicant - update to 2.0-12.fc21
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1956.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60366
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60428
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61271
- http://w1.fi/security/2014-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3052
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:120
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/09/28
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70396
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2383-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151259
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17
Related Security Bulletins
- Input validation error in hostapd
- SUSE Linux update for wpa_supplicant
- Input validation error in hostapd (Alpine package)
- Input validation error in wpa_supplicant (Alpine package)
- Gentoo update for hostapd and wpa_supplicant
- Fedora 21 update for wpa_supplicant
- Fedora 21 update for hostapd
- Fedora EPEL 7 update for hostapd
- Fedora EPEL 6 update for hostapd