Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the eap_server_tls_process_fragment function in eap_server_tls_common.c in the EAP authentication server in hostapd 0.6 through 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or abort) via a small "TLS Message Length" value in an EAP-TLS message with the "More Fragments" flag set.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- W1.FI
- Published
- 10/10/2012
- Last Modified
- 4/11/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
w1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapd
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