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wpa_supplicant: buffer overflow

Package(s):

wpa_supplicant

CVE #(s):

Created:

February 16, 2005

Updated:

February 16, 2005

Description:

wpa_supplicant contains a possible buffer overflow due to the lacking validation of received EAPOL-Key frames. An attacker could cause the crash of wpa_supplicant using a specially crafted packet.

Alerts:

Gentoo

200502-22

2005-02-16

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