CVE-2015-4146
The EAP-pwd peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not clear the L (Length) and M (More) flags before determining if a response should be fragmented, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.
- EPSS
- 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- opensuse:opensuse
- w1.fi:hostapd
- w1.fi:wpa_supplicant
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-4/0005-EAP-pwd-peer-Fix-asymmetric-fragmentation-behavior.patch
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-4/eap-pwd-missing-payload-length-validation.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/09/6