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 Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- OPENSUSE
- Published
- 6/15/2015
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
opensuse : opensuseopensuse : opensusew1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicant
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