Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-3686 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

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.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-13555.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes a possible security issue executing scripts with wpa_cli. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-10-30
    plugin id78727
    published2014-10-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78727
    titleFedora 20 : wpa_supplicant-2.0-12.fc20 (2014-13555)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-13555.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(78727);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3686");
      script_bugtraq_id(70396);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-13555");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : wpa_supplicant-2.0-12.fc20 (2014-13555)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This update fixes a possible security issue executing scripts with
    wpa_cli.
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151259"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141546.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3f93272f"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected wpa_supplicant package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wpa_supplicant");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/10/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/10/30");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC20", reference:"wpa_supplicant-2.0-12.fc20")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wpa_supplicant");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-13783.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2014-3686. Update to version 2.3 from upstream Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-11-07
    plugin id78905
    published2014-11-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78905
    titleFedora 20 : hostapd-2.3-1.fc20 (2014-13783)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-13783.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(78905);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3686");
      script_bugtraq_id(70396);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-13783");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : hostapd-2.3-1.fc20 (2014-13783)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Security fix for CVE-2014-3686. Update to version 2.3 from upstream
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151259"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142830.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e2d9280f"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected hostapd package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:hostapd");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/10/28");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/11/07");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC20", reference:"hostapd-2.3-1.fc20")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "hostapd");
    }
    
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20141203_WPA_SUPPLICANT_ON_SL7_X.NASL
    descriptionA command injection flaw was found in the way the wpa_cli utility executed action scripts. If wpa_cli was run in daemon mode to execute an action script (specified using the -a command line option), and wpa_supplicant was configured to connect to a P2P group, malicious P2P group parameters could cause wpa_cli to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-3686)
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2014-12-04
    plugin id79715
    published2014-12-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79715
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : wpa_supplicant on SL7.x x86_64 (20141203)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-13537.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes a possible security issue executing scripts with wpa_cli. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-11-10
    plugin id79069
    published2014-11-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79069
    titleFedora 21 : wpa_supplicant-2.0-12.fc21 (2014-13537)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2014-600.NASL
    description - add 0001-Add-os_exec-helper-to-run-external-programs.patch - add 0002-wpa_cli-Use-os_exec-for-action-script-execution.pat ch - fixing CVE-2014-3686 (bnc#900611) trying to abuse the action scripts in wpa_cli
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-10-23
    plugin id78637
    published2014-10-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78637
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2014:1313-1)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2014-211.NASL
    descriptionUpdated wpa_supplicant packages fix security vulnerability : A vulnerability was found in the mechanism wpa_cli and hostapd_cli use for executing action scripts. An unsanitized string received from a remote device can be passed to a system() call resulting in arbitrary command execution under the privileges of the wpa_cli/hostapd_cli process (which may be root in common use cases) (CVE-2014-3686). Using the wpa_supplicant package, systems are exposed to the vulnerability if operating as a WPS registrar.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id78731
    published2014-10-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78731
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : wpa_supplicant (MDVSA-2014:211)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2014-599.NASL
    description - add 0001-Add-os_exec-helper-to-run-external-programs.patch - add 0002-wpa_cli-Use-os_exec-for-action-script-execution.pat ch - fixing CVE-2014-3686 (bnc#900611) trying to abuse the action scripts in wpa_cli
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-10-23
    plugin id78636
    published2014-10-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78636
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2014:1314-1)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-3052.NASL
    descriptionJouni Malinen discovered an input sanitization issue in the wpa_cli and hostapd_cli tools included in the wpa package. A remote wifi system within range could provide a crafted string triggering arbitrary code execution running with privileges of the affected wpa_cli or hostapd_cli process.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-10-17
    plugin id78519
    published2014-10-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78519
    titleDebian DSA-3052-1 : wpa - security update
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-13608.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2014-3686. Update to version 2.3 from upstream. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-11-03
    plugin id78810
    published2014-11-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78810
    titleFedora 21 : hostapd-2.3-1.fc21 (2014-13608)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201606-17.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201606-17 (hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities exist in both hostapd and wpa_supplicant. Please review the CVE identifiers for more information. Impact : Remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause Denial of Service. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91862
    published2016-06-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91862
    titleGLSA-201606-17 : hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2014-1956.NASL
    descriptionAn updated wpa_supplicant package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The wpa_supplicant package contains an 802.1X Supplicant with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN), and various EAP authentication methods. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator for client stations and controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication and association of the WLAN driver. A command injection flaw was found in the way the wpa_cli utility executed action scripts. If wpa_cli was run in daemon mode to execute an action script (specified using the -a command line option), and wpa_supplicant was configured to connect to a P2P group, malicious P2P group parameters could cause wpa_cli to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-3686) Red Hat would like to thank Jouni Malinen for reporting this issue. All wpa_supplicant users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79711
    published2014-12-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79711
    titleRHEL 7 : wpa_supplicant (RHSA-2014:1956)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-2383-1.NASL
    descriptionJouni Malinen discovered that the wpa_cli tool incorrectly sanitized strings when being used with action scripts. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id78468
    published2014-10-15
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78468
    titleUbuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS : wpa, wpasupplicant vulnerability (USN-2383-1)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_WPA_SUPPLICANT-141015.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in wpa_supplicant
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-11-05
    plugin id78868
    published2014-11-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78868
    titleSuSE 11.3 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SAT Patch Number 9894)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-147.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that wpasupplicant could be tricked into executing arbitrary commands when calling action scripts. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2015-03-26
    plugin id82130
    published2015-03-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82130
    titleDebian DLA-147-1 : wpasupplicant security update
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2014-1956.NASL
    descriptionAn updated wpa_supplicant package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The wpa_supplicant package contains an 802.1X Supplicant with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN), and various EAP authentication methods. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator for client stations and controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication and association of the WLAN driver. A command injection flaw was found in the way the wpa_cli utility executed action scripts. If wpa_cli was run in daemon mode to execute an action script (specified using the -a command line option), and wpa_supplicant was configured to connect to a P2P group, malicious P2P group parameters could cause wpa_cli to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-3686) Red Hat would like to thank Jouni Malinen for reporting this issue. All wpa_supplicant users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79726
    published2014-12-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79726
    titleCentOS 7 : wpa_supplicant (CESA-2014:1956)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-13778.NASL
    descriptionApply fixes for CVE-2014-3686 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-11-07
    plugin id78903
    published2014-11-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78903
    titleFedora 19 : hostapd-2.0-5.fc19 (2014-13778)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2015-1013-1.NASL
    descriptionwpa_supplicant was updated to fix three security issues : - CVE-2015-0210: wpa_supplicant: broken certificate subject check this adds the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id84079
    published2015-06-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84079
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2015:1013-1)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2014-1956.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2014:1956 : An updated wpa_supplicant package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The wpa_supplicant package contains an 802.1X Supplicant with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN), and various EAP authentication methods. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator for client stations and controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication and association of the WLAN driver. A command injection flaw was found in the way the wpa_cli utility executed action scripts. If wpa_cli was run in daemon mode to execute an action script (specified using the -a command line option), and wpa_supplicant was configured to connect to a P2P group, malicious P2P group parameters could cause wpa_cli to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-3686) Red Hat would like to thank Jouni Malinen for reporting this issue. All wpa_supplicant users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79709
    published2014-12-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79709
    titleOracle Linux 7 : wpa_supplicant (ELSA-2014-1956)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2015-120.NASL
    descriptionUpdated wpa_supplicant and hostapd packages fix security vulnerability : A vulnerability was found in the mechanism wpa_cli and hostapd_cli use for executing action scripts. An unsanitized string received from a remote device can be passed to a system() call resulting in arbitrary command execution under the privileges of the wpa_cli/hostapd_cli process (which may be root in common use cases) (CVE-2014-3686). Using the Mandriva wpa_supplicant package, systems are exposed to the vulnerability if operating as a WPS registrar.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id82373
    published2015-03-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82373
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : wpa_supplicant (MDVSA-2015:120)
  • NASL familySlackware Local Security Checks
    NASL idSLACKWARE_SSA_2014-344-07.NASL
    descriptionNew wpa_supplicant packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79872
    published2014-12-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79872
    titleSlackware 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / current : wpa_supplicant (SSA:2014-344-07)

Redhat

advisories
bugzilla
id1151259
titleCVE-2014-3686 wpa_supplicant and hostapd: wpa_cli and hostapd_cli remote command execution issue
oval
OR
  • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20150364027
    • commentwpa_supplicant is earlier than 1:2.0-13.el7_0
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20141956001
    • commentwpa_supplicant is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20141956002
rhsa
idRHSA-2014:1956
released2014-12-03
severityModerate
titleRHSA-2014:1956: wpa_supplicant security update (Moderate)
rpms
  • wpa_supplicant-1:2.0-13.el7_0
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:2.0-13.el7_0