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FreeBSD: FreeBSD -- Insufficient message length validation for EAP-TLS messages (FreeBSD-SA-12:07.hostapd) (CVE-2012-4445)

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FreeBSD: FreeBSD -- Insufficient message length validation for EAP-TLS messages (FreeBSD-SA-12:07.hostapd) (CVE-2012-4445)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/10/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/08/2014
Modified
02/21/2017

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the eap_server_tls_process_fragment function in eap_server_tls_common.c in the EAP authentication server in hostapd 0.6 through 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or abort) via a small "TLS Message Length" value in an EAP-TLS message with the "More Fragments" flag set.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-base-8_3-release-p5
  • freebsd-upgrade-base-9_0-release-p5

References

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