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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77538

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/11

http://w1.fi/security/2015-8/eap-pwd-unexpected-confirm.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3