CVE-2012-4445 (GCVE-0-2012-4445)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-10 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the eap_server_tls_process_fragment function in eap_server_tls_common.c in the EAP authentication server in hostapd 0.6 through 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or abort) via a small "TLS Message Length" value in an EAP-TLS message with the "More Fragments" flag set.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2012-07.txt x_refsource_MISC
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027808 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://osvdb.org/86051 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55826 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBS… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/50888 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2012-10-07 00:00
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