Denial of Service Vulnerability in WPA Supplicant by The Open Wireless Movement
CVE-2015-5315

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

W1.fi

Status
WPa Supplicant
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 February 2018

What is CVE-2015-5315?

The eap_pwd_process function in the WPA Supplicant prior to version 2.6 does not adequately check the size of the reassembly buffer when handling EAP-pwd messages. This oversight can be exploited by remote attackers to send a large final fragment, resulting in process termination. This vulnerability highlights significant concerns for users configuring EAP-pwd in their network profiles, as it can lead to service interruptions.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2808-1
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://w1.fi/security/2015-7/eap-pwd-missing-last-fragmen...
x_refsource_CONFIRM

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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