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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-473-1 wpa security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5463 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3455-1 wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.406Z

Reserved: 2016-05-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4476

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-09T10:59:41.813

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

Link: CVE-2016-4476

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-05-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4476 - Bugzilla

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