SB2015061514 - Resource management error in hostapd
Published: June 15, 2015 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015061514
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4145)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not validate a fragment is already being processed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted message.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html
- 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
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2650-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17