ubuntu-cve-2016-4477
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-05-09 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "hostapd",
            "binary_version": "1:2.1-0ubuntu1.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wpagui",
            "binary_version": "2.1-0ubuntu1.5"
          },
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "wpa",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wpa@2.1-0ubuntu1.5?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
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            {
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.0-3ubuntu2",
        "1.0-3ubuntu3",
        "1.0-3ubuntu4",
        "2.1-0ubuntu1",
        "2.1-0ubuntu1.1",
        "2.1-0ubuntu1.2",
        "2.1-0ubuntu1.3",
        "2.1-0ubuntu1.4"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "hostapd",
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          },
          {
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          },
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          }
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      },
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      },
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        "2.4-0ubuntu4",
        "2.4-0ubuntu5",
        "2.4-0ubuntu6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "hostapd",
            "binary_version": "1:2.4-0ubuntu10"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wpagui",
            "binary_version": "2.4-0ubuntu10"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wpasupplicant",
            "binary_version": "2.4-0ubuntu10"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "wpa",
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      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \\n and \\r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4477",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:44Z",
  "published": "2016-05-09T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4477"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/psk-parameter-config-update.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3455-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4477"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3455-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-4477"
  ]
}



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