Name | CVE-2015-4142 |
Description | Integer underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd 0.5.5 through 2.4 and wpa_supplicant 0.7.0 through 2.4, when used for AP mode MLME/SME functionality, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-260-1, DSA-3397-1 |
Debian Bugs | 787373 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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wpa (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.3-1+deb8u14 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:2.4-1+deb9u9 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:2.4-1+deb9u10 | fixed |
| buster | 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u3 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:2.9.0-21 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:2.10-12 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:2.10-21 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - wpasupplicant <not-affected> (0.7.0-v2.4 with with specific configurations)
http://w1.fi/security/2015-3/
http://w1.fi/security/2015-3/integer-underflow-in-ap-mode-wmm-action-frame.txt
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/09/5