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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade wpa_supplicant | Aug 30, 2017 | May 9, 2016 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | May 9, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wpa | Mar 31, 2017 | May 9, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade hostapdUpgrade wpa_supplicant | Dec 10, 2025 | May 20, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | May 2, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade wpa_supplicant | Oct 28, 2017 | May 9, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade hostapdUpgrade wpasupplicant | Oct 16, 2017 | May 9, 2016 |
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