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.

References

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

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

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3