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FKIE_CVE-2015-5316

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-02-21 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:28

Severity

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

The eap_pwd_perform_confirm_exchange function in eap_peer/eap_pwd.c in wpa_supplicant 2.x before 2.6, when EAP-pwd is enabled in a network configuration profile, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an EAP-pwd Confirm message followed by the Identity exchange.

References

URL	Tags
secalert@redhat.com	http://w1.fi/security/2015-8/eap-pwd-unexpected-confirm.txt	Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/11	Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77538	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2808-1	Broken Link
secalert@redhat.com	https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://w1.fi/security/2015-8/eap-pwd-unexpected-confirm.txt	Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/11	Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77538	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2808-1	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	w1.fi	wpa_supplicant	*
	debian	debian_linux	8.0

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CVE-2015-5316 (GCVE-0-2015-5316)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-21 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2808-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/1…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77538	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://w1.fi/security/2015-8/eap-pwd-unexpected-c…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2015-11-10 00:00

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