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 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
wpa (PTS) | bullseye, bullseye (security) | 2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2 | fixed |
bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2:2.10-12+deb12u2 | fixed | |
sid, trixie | 2:2.10-22 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hostapd | source | squeeze | 1:0.6.10-2+squeeze2 | DLA-260-1 | ||
hostapd | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
wpa | source | wheezy | 1.0-3+deb7u3 | DSA-3397-1 | ||
wpa | source | jessie | 2.3-1+deb8u3 | DSA-3397-1 | ||
wpa | source | (unstable) | 2.3-2.2 | 787373 | ||
wpasupplicant | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
wpasupplicant | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
[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