| Name | CVE-2015-5316 |
| Description | The eap_pwd_perform_confirm_exchange function in eap_peer/eap_pwd.c in wpa_supplicant 2.x before 2.6, when EAP-pwd is enabled in a network configuration profile, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an EAP-pwd Confirm message followed by the Identity exchange. |
| 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-3397-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 804710 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wpa (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 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.
Notes
[wheezy] - wpa <not-affected> (v2.3-v2.5 with CONFIG_EAP_PWD=y)
- wpasupplicant <not-affected> (v2.3-v2.5 with CONFIG_EAP_PWD=y)
- hostapd <not-affected> (v2.3-v2.5 with CONFIG_EAP_PWD=y)
http://w1.fi/security/2015-8/
https://w1.fi/security/2015-8/eap-pwd-unexpected-confirm.txt
https://w1.fi/security/2015-8/0001-EAP-pwd-peer-Fix-error-path-for-unexpected-Confirm-m.patch