CVE-2016-4477 (GCVE-0-2016-4477)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-09 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:32
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2314 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2016-05-02 00:00
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