CVE-2015-1863: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue Apr 28 2015(Updated: )
Heap-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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.04 | |
| W1.fi Wpa Supplicant | =1.0 | |
| W1.fi Wpa Supplicant | =1.1 | |
| W1.fi Wpa Supplicant | =2.0 | |
| W1.fi Wpa Supplicant | =2.1 | |
| W1.fi Wpa Supplicant | =2.2 | |
| W1.fi Wpa Supplicant | =2.3 | |
| W1.fi Wpa Supplicant | =2.4 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus | =7.1 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.1 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =13.1 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =13.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00000.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131598/Android-wpa_supplicant-Heap-Overflow.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/82
- http://security.alibaba.com/blog/blog.htm?spm=0.0.0.0.p1ECc3&id=19
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3233
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535353/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032192
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2577-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17
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- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/14.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/14.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/15.04
- vendor/w1.fi
- canonical/w1.fi wpa supplicant
- version/w1.fi wpa supplicant/1.0
- version/w1.fi wpa supplicant/1.1
- version/w1.fi wpa supplicant/2.0
- version/w1.fi wpa supplicant/2.1
- version/w1.fi wpa supplicant/2.2
- version/w1.fi wpa supplicant/2.3
- version/w1.fi wpa supplicant/2.4
- vendor/redhat
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux desktop
- version/redhat enterprise linux desktop/7.0
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux hpc node
- version/redhat enterprise linux hpc node/7.0
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux hpc node eus
- version/redhat enterprise linux hpc node eus/7.1
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux server
- version/redhat enterprise linux server/7.0
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux server eus
- version/redhat enterprise linux server eus/7.1
- canonical/redhat enterprise linux workstation
- version/redhat enterprise linux workstation/7.0
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/7.0
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- vendor/opensuse
- canonical/opensuse opensuse
- version/opensuse opensuse/13.1
- version/opensuse opensuse/13.2