CVE-2015-1863

NameCVE-2015-1863
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information in a management frame when creating or updating P2P entries.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3233-1
Debian Bugs783148

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wpa (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.3-1+deb8u15fixed
stretch (security)2:2.4-1+deb9u9fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2:2.4-1+deb9u11fixed
buster, buster (lts)2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u5fixed
buster (security)2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u4fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm2:2.10-12+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2:2.10-22fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wpasourcewheezy1.0-3+deb7u2DSA-3233-1
wpasourcejessie2.3-1+deb8u1DSA-3233-1
wpasource(unstable)2.3-2783148
wpasupplicantsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- wpasupplicant <not-affected> (Vulnerable code present since v1.0)
http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/
Vulnerable are v1.0-v2.4 with CONFIG_P2P build option enabled
CONFIG_P2P enabled since 1.1-1 in debian/config/wpasupplicant/linux
Binary packages built for wheezy are not affected since WiFi P2P is disabled

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