CVE-2015-5316

MEDIUM

wpa_supplicant 2.0-2.5 - Denial of Service via EAP-pwd Confirm Message

Title source: llm

Description

The eap_pwd_perform_confirm_exchange function in eap_peer/eap_pwd.c in wpa_supplicant 2.x before 2.6, when EAP-pwd is enabled in a network configuration profile, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an EAP-pwd Confirm message followed by the Identity exchange.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2808-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397

Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/11

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77538

Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://w1.fi/security/2015-8/eap-pwd-unexpected-confirm.txt

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0325

EPSS Percentile 86.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (2)

debian/debian_linux 8.0

w1.fi/wpa_supplicant 2.0 - 2.6

Published Feb 21, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026