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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2016-05-09T10:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.462Z
Reserved: 2016-05-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-4477
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-05-09T10:59:42.987
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:52:18.247
Link: CVE-2016-4477
Redhat