CVE-2016-4477

Description

wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject and 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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.8

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.13

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
client support for WPA and WPA2 (USN-3455-1) hostapd_2.4-0ubuntu9.1_i386.deb	Linux
client support for WPA and WPA2 (USN-3455-1) hostapd_2.4-0ubuntu9.1_amd64.deb	Linux
client support for WPA and WPA2 (USN-3455-1) wpasupplicant_2.4-0ubuntu6.2_amd64.deb	Linux
client support for WPA and WPA2 (USN-3455-1) wpasupplicant_2.4-0ubuntu9.1_i386.deb	Linux
client support for WPA and WPA2 (USN-3455-1) wpasupplicant_2.4-0ubuntu9.1_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234