CVE-2016-4477

Severity

44%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

106%

wpa_supplicant 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) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.

wpa_supplicant 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) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Google Android

First reported 8 years ago

2016-05-09 10:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-23 01:29:00

Affected Software

Google Android Operating System 4.4.4

4.4.4

Google Android 5.0.2

5.0.2

Google Android 5.1.1

5.1.1

Google Android 6.0

6.0

Google Android 6.0.1

6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html

Vendor Advisory

[oss-security] 20160503 Re: hostapd/wpa_supplicant - psk configuration parameter update allowing arbitrary data to be written

USN-3455-1

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