wpa_supplicant: code execution
| Package(s): | wpa_supplicant | CVE #(s): | CVE-2015-1863 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | April 24, 2015 | Updated: | May 13, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the Ubuntu advisory: It was discovered that wpa_supplicant incorrectly handled SSID information when creating or updating P2P peer entries. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause wpa_supplicant to crash, resulting in a denial of service, expose memory contents, or possibly execute arbitrary code. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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