wpa: two vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | wpa | CVE #(s): | CVE-2016-4476 CVE-2016-4477 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created: | May 16, 2016 | Updated: | October 10, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the CVE entries:
hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted WPS operation. (CVE-2016-4476) wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command. (CVE-2016-4477) | ||||||||||||||||||
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