CVE-2016-4476

Description

hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted WPS operation.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3