CVE-2015-1863

Published: 22 April 2015

Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information in a management frame when creating or updating P2P entries.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
wpa
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream Needs triage

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)
Released (2.1-0ubuntu1.2)
wpasupplicant
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		Upstream Needs triage

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) Does not exist

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