CVE-2016-4476
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-05-09 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:32
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1Third Party Advisory
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