FreeBSD: wpa_supplicant -- psk configuration parameter update allowing arbitrary data to be written (Multiple CVEs)
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
05/09/2016
07/25/2018
05/20/2016
03/21/2018
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.
Solution(s)
- freebsd-upgrade-package-wpa_supplicant
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