CVE-2016-4477 (GCVE-0-2016-4477)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-05-09 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:32
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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