wpa_supplicant up to 2.4 P2P Entry memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in wpa_supplicant up to 2.4. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component P2P Entry Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-1863. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in wpa_supplicant up to 2.4. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component P2P Entry Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 04/28/2015 by Alibaba with Google Security Team (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ubuntu.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1863 since 02/17/2015. 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 83061 (Debian DSA-3233-1 : 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 170540 (OpenSUSE Security Update for hostapd (openSUSE-SU-2017:2896-1)).

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 databases at Tenable (83061), SecurityFocus (BID 74296†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53204†). See VDB-75887, VDB-75890, VDB-75891 and VDB-87124 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 83061
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3233-1 : wpa - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 80056
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2015-1090
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02/17/2015 🔍
04/22/2015 +64 days 🔍
04/27/2015 +5 days 🔍
04/28/2015 +1 days 🔍
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04/29/2015 +1 days 🔍
09/30/2015 +154 days 🔍
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05/09/2022 +2409 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2577-1
Researcher: Alibaba
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-1863 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1863
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75143

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SecurityFocus: 74296 - wpa_supplicant CVE-2015-1863 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032192
Vulnerability Center: 53204 - Wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 Remote DoS, DB Read or Code Execution via Crafted SSID Information, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/29/2015 10:17
Updated: 05/09/2022 23:11
Changes: 04/29/2015 10:17 (57), 02/03/2018 10:21 (15), 05/09/2022 22:43 (4), 05/09/2022 22:57 (1), 05/09/2022 23:11 (1)
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