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CVE-2015-1863 Detail

Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/28/2015

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 6.5

Access Vector (AV): Local_Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131598/Android-wpa_supplicant-Heap-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1090.html Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/82 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://security.alibaba.com/blog/blog.htm?spm=0.0.0.0.p1ECc3&id=19
http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txt Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3233 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535353/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74296
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032192 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2577-1 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17 Third Party Advisory

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-1863
NVD Published Date:
04/28/2015
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018