PT-2016-5969 · Hostap+4 · Hostapd+4

Imre Rad · Published 2016-05-09 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-4476

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions hostapd versions 0.6.7 through 2.5 wpa supplicant versions 0.6.7 through 2.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted WPS operation, due to the failure to reject and r characters in passphrase parameters.

Recommendations For hostapd versions 0.6.7 through 2.5, consider disabling WPS operations until a patch is available. For wpa supplicant versions 0.6.7 through 2.5, restrict the use of passphrase parameters to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2481

ALT-PU-2016-2482

CVE-2016-4476

DLA-473-1

MGASA-2016-0199

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_2896-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10022-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10499-1

USN-3455-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Hostapd

Wpa Supplicant

References · 44

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4476 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4477 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10022-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13077 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4476 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4476 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4476 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3455-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4476 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4476 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3455-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0199 · Vendor Advisory