VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-4144
The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not validate that a message is long enough to contain the Total-Length field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not validate that a message is long enough to contain the Total-Length field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.40% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · w1.fi/hostapd · w1.fi/wpa supplicant
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-4/eap-pwd-missing-payload-length-validation.txtVendor Advisory
- 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/201606-17Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-4/eap-pwd-missing-payload-length-validation.txtVendor Advisory
- 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/201606-17Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.