5.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.024 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.8%
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.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html
w1.fi/security/2015-4/eap-pwd-missing-payload-length-validation.txt
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/09/6
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/6
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2650-1
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17