CVE-2015-4142
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Integer underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd 0.5.5 through 2.4 and wpa_supplicant 0.7.0 through 2.4, when used for AP mode MLME/SME functionality, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
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
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.3-2.2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.3-2.2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.3-2.2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.3-2.2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.3-2.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 0.7.0 | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 0.7.1 | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 0.7.2 | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 0.7.3 | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 1.0 | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 1.1 | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 2.0 | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 2.1 | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 2.2 | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 2.3 | |
| w1.fi | wpa_supplicant | 2.4 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 0.7.0 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 0.7.1 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 0.7.2 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 0.7.3 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 1.0 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 1.1 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 2.0 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 2.1 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 2.2 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 2.3 | |
| w1.fi | hostapd | 2.4 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171401.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172608.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172655.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1439.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/34
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-3/integer-underflow-in-ap-mode-wmm-action-frame.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/09/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/6
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032625
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2650-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213258
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4142
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.