#VU40718 Buffer overflow in SUSE products - CVE-2015-4143
Published: June 15, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40718
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4143
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
wpa_supplicant
hostapd
Opensuse
wpa_supplicant
hostapd
Opensuse
Software vendor:
Jouni Malinen
SUSE
Jouni Malinen
SUSE
Description
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.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html
- 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