CVE-2015-5316

NameCVE-2015-5316
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3397-1
Debian Bugs804710

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
hostapdsource(unstable)(not affected)
wpasourcewheezy1.0-3+deb7u3DSA-3397-1
wpasourcejessie2.3-1+deb8u3DSA-3397-1
wpasource(unstable)2.3-2.3804710
wpasupplicantsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[wheezy] - wpa <not-affected> (v2.3-v2.5 with CONFIG_EAP_PWD=y)
- wpasupplicant <not-affected> (v2.3-v2.5 with CONFIG_EAP_PWD=y)
- hostapd <not-affected> (v2.3-v2.5 with CONFIG_EAP_PWD=y)
http://w1.fi/security/2015-8/
https://w1.fi/security/2015-8/eap-pwd-unexpected-confirm.txt
https://w1.fi/security/2015-8/0001-EAP-pwd-peer-Fix-error-path-for-unexpected-Confirm-m.patch

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