CVE-2016-4476
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
7.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 17.04 | Affected | — |
| 16.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 2.6-1 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.3-2.4 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.3-2.4 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.3-2.4 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.3-2.4 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.3-2.4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| w1.fi | hostapd | {"startIncluding":"0.6.7","endIncluding":"2.5"} | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | {"startIncluding":"0.6.7","endIncluding":"2.5"} | |
References
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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