CVE-2016-4476
Published: 9 May 2016
hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted WPS operation.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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hostapd Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
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bionic |
Does not exist
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cosmic |
Does not exist
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disco |
Does not exist
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eoan |
Does not exist
|
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
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precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
vivid |
Does not exist
|
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wily |
Does not exist
|
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xenial |
Does not exist
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yakkety |
Does not exist
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zesty |
Does not exist
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groovy |
Does not exist
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hirsute |
Does not exist
|
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wpa Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu10)
|
bionic |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu10)
|
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cosmic |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu10)
|
|
disco |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu10)
|
|
eoan |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu10)
|
|
focal |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu10)
|
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Released
(2.1-0ubuntu1.5)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
wily |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu6.2)
|
|
yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
zesty |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu9.1)
|
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groovy |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu10)
|
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hirsute |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu10)
|
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Patches: upstream: http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/0001-WPS-Reject-a-Credential-with-invalid-passphrase.patch upstream: http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/0002-Reject-psk-parameter-set-with-invalid-passphrase-cha.patch upstream: http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/0003-Remove-newlines-from-wpa_supplicant-config-network-o.patch upstream: http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/0004-Reject-SET_CRED-commands-with-newline-characters-in-.patch upstream: http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/0005-Reject-SET-commands-with-newline-characters-in-the-s.patch |
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wpasupplicant Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
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bionic |
Does not exist
|
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cosmic |
Does not exist
|
|
disco |
Does not exist
|
|
eoan |
Does not exist
|
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
groovy |
Does not exist
|
|
hirsute |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
wily |
Does not exist
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |