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CVE-2016-4476

hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted WPS operation.

  • Published: May 9, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-4476
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
w1.fi / wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 2.5.x
w1.fi / hostapd 0.6.7 2.5.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 16.04 16.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 17.04 17.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04 14.04.x