CVE-2016-4476
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 3%
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.
Products: w1.fi hostapd, w1.fi wpa_supplicant, canonical ubuntu_linux
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine 3.4 | wpa_supplicant | 2.5-r3 |
| Arch Linux | hostapd | 2.6-1 |
| Arch Linux | wpa_supplicant | 1:2.6-1 |
| Debian 12 | wpa | 2.3-2.4 |
| Debian 13 | wpa | 2.3-2.4 |
| Debian 14 | wpa | 2.3-2.4 |
| Debian 7 | wpa | 1.0-3+deb7u4 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | wpa | 2.1-0ubuntu1.5 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | wpa | 2.4-0ubuntu6.2 |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | wpa | 2.4-0ubuntu10 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | hostapd | 2.6-1.1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | wpa_supplicant | 2.6-1.1 |