| Name | CVE-2015-1863 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3233-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 783148 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wpa (PTS) | 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
- 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