The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not validate that a message is long enough to contain the Total-Length field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3397-1 wpa security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-4168 The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not validate that a message is long enough to contain the Total-Length field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2650-1 wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.665Z

Reserved: 2015-05-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-4144

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-06-15T15:59:08.790

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-4144

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-05-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-4144 - Bugzilla

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