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CVE-2016-4477

Date: May 9, 2016

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.

Language: Unix

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4477
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4477
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4477
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-4477

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Data Handling

CWE-19

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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