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USN-2577-1: wpa_supplicant vulnerability

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USN-2577-1: wpa_supplicant vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/23/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/24/2015
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information in a management frame when creating or updating P2P entries.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-wpasupplicant

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