CVE-2015-1863

Medium

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information in a management frame when creating or updating P2P entries.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductCanonical Ubuntu Linux
PublishedApr 28, 2015
First seenApr 28, 2015

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 14.10, 15.04—
w1.fi wpa_supplicant1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus7.1—
redhat enterprise_linux_server7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus7.1—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation7.0—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0—
opensuse opensuse13.1, 13.2—

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