Hostapd 0.3.7 2 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Hostapd 0.3.7 2. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-2213. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Hostapd 0.3.7 2. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Hostapd 0.3.7-2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via an unspecified value in the key_data_length field of an EAPoL frame.

The bug was discovered 05/03/2006. The weakness was released 05/03/2006 by Matteo Rosi with Debian (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2213 since 05/05/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22607 (Debian DSA-1065-1 : hostapd - missing input sanitising), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26239), Tenable (22607), SecurityFocus (BID 17846†), OSVDB (25233†) and Secunia (SA19966†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22607
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1065-1 : hostapd - missing input sanitising
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OpenVAS ID: 56783
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1065-1 (hostapd)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Matteo Rosi
Organization: Debian
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2213 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2213
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30071
X-Force: 26239
SecurityFocus: 17846 - hostapd Invalid EAPOL Key Length Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 19966
OSVDB: 25233 - Hostapd EAPoL Frame Handling Remote DoS
Vulnerability Center: 11698 - Hostapd Denial of Service via EAPOL Frame key_data_length field, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1657

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/19/2019 16:31
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (74), 06/19/2019 16:31 (5)
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