CVE-2016-4477

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4477
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4477.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4477
Related
Published
2016-05-09T10:59:42Z
Modified
2024-09-18T02:25:34.499755Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

wpasupplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SETCRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.

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
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5-r3

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.11-r0
0.6.9-r0
0.6.9-r1
0.6.10-r0
0.7.1-r0
0.7.1-r1
0.7.1-r2
0.7.2-r0
0.7.2-r1
0.7.2-r2
0.7.3-r0
0.7.3-r1
0.7.3-r2

1.*

1.0-r0
1.0-r1
1.0-r2
1.1-r0
1.1-r1

2.*

2.0-r0
2.0-r1
2.0-r2
2.0-r3
2.1-r0
2.1-r1
2.1-r2
2.2-r0
2.3-r0
2.3-r1
2.4-r0
2.4-r1
2.4-r2
2.4-r3
2.4-r4
2.4-r5
2.4-r6
2.4-r7
2.4-r8
2.5-r0
2.5-r1
2.5-r2

Debian:11 / wpa

Package

Name
wpa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wpa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3-2.4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / wpa

Package

Name
wpa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wpa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3-2.4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / wpa

Package

Name
wpa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wpa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.3-2.4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}