ALPINE-CVE-2016-4476

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-4476
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-4476.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2016-4476
Upstream
Published
2016-05-09T10:59:41Z
Modified
2026-07-08T04:30:04Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.4 / wpa_supplicant

Package

Name
wpa_supplicant
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wpa_supplicant?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0.6.7
Fixed
2.5-r3

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-4476.json"