CVE-2015-4144 (GCVE-0-2015-4144)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:04
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Summary
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.
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CWE
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Date Public ?
2015-05-04 00:00
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