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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-4142
Integer underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd...
Vulnerability Description
Integer underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd 0.5.5 through 2.4 and wpa_supplicant 0.7.0 through 2.4, when used for AP mode MLME/SME functionality, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/6
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172608.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1439.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171401.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032625
- http://w1.fi/security/2015-3/integer-underflow-in-ap-mode-wmm-action-frame.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/09/5
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2650-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172655.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00019.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213258
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/34
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
wpa supplicant, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux hpc node, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, hostapd, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
0.7.0, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 6.0, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 15th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.