PT-2015-2730 · Linux+3 · Hostapd+4

Kostya Kortchinsky · Published 2015-06-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-4144

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions hostapd and wpa supplicant versions 1.0 through 2.4

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the EAP-pwd server and peer implementation. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a specially crafted message.

Recommendations For hostapd and wpa supplicant versions 1.0 through 2.4, consider disabling the EAP-pwd server and peer implementation until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1915

ALT-PU-2016-1916

BDU:2015-12095

CVE-2015-4144

DSA-3397-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_2896-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10022-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10499-1

USN-2650-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Hostapd

Wpa Supplicant

References · 96

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wpa · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1863 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-12120 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4141 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10022-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5310 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1915 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4145 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1916 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4141 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4146 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2650-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html · Vendor Advisory