CVE-2015-4146 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2015-4146

The EAP-pwd peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through...

Vulnerability Description

The EAP-pwd peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not clear the L (Length) and M (More) flags before determining if a response should be fragmented, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

wpa supplicant, hostapd, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 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.