CVE-2016-4476 | BDVDB-2026-75728 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-05-09Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.