W1.fi Wpa Supplicant up to 1.1 input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in W1.fi Wpa Supplicant up to 1.1. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

wpa_supplicant and hostapd 0.7.2 through 2.2, when running with certain configurations and using wpa_cli or hostapd_cli with action scripts, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted frame.

The weakness was published 10/15/2014 by Jouni Malinen as Bug 1151259 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-3686 since 05/14/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78519 (Debian DSA-3052-1 : wpa - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167925 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2015:1013-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (78519). Similar entry is available at 105788.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 78519
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3052-1 : wpa - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 703052
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3052-1 (wpa - security update)
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03/30/2022 +2561 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 1151259
Researcher: Jouni Malinen
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-3686 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 46721 - wpa_supplicant and hostapd Remote Command Execution via Crafted Frames, Medium
SecurityFocus: 70396 - wpa_supplicant and hostapd CVE-2014-3686 Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 60366 - Debian update for wpa, Moderately Critical

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Created: 03/26/2015 16:14
Updated: 03/30/2022 10:33
Changes: 03/26/2015 16:14 (70), 06/09/2017 07:31 (7), 03/30/2022 10:33 (3)
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