| Name | CVE-2016-4477 |
| Description | wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command. |
| 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-473-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 823411 |
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.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wpa | source | wheezy | 1.0-3+deb7u4 | DLA-473-1 | ||
| wpa | source | jessie | 2.3-1+deb8u4 | |||
| wpa | source | (unstable) | 2.3-2.4 | 823411 |
http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/