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Red Hat: CVE-2021-27803: CVE-2021-27803 wpa_supplicant: Use-after-free in P2P provision discovery processing (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2021-27803: CVE-2021-27803 wpa_supplicant: Use-after-free in P2P provision discovery processing (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/26/2021
Created
03/12/2021
Added
03/11/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in how p2p/p2p_pd.c in wpa_supplicant before 2.10 processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. It could result in denial of service or other impact (potentially execution of arbitrary code), for an attacker within radio range.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-wpa_supplicant
  • redhat-upgrade-wpa_supplicant-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-wpa_supplicant-debugsource

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