CVE-2015-4142

NameCVE-2015-4142
DescriptionInteger 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-260-1, DSA-3397-1
Debian Bugs787373

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wpa (PTS)bullseye, bullseye (security)2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2:2.10-12+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2:2.10-22fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
hostapdsourcesqueeze1:0.6.10-2+squeeze2DLA-260-1
hostapdsource(unstable)(unfixed)
wpasourcewheezy1.0-3+deb7u3DSA-3397-1
wpasourcejessie2.3-1+deb8u3DSA-3397-1
wpasource(unstable)2.3-2.2787373
wpasupplicantsourcesqueeze(not affected)
wpasupplicantsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[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

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