Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-3686 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 12 | |
| OS | 3 | |
| OS | 1 |
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 family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-13555.NASL description 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. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-10-30 plugin id 78727 published 2014-10-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78727 title Fedora 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 family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-13783.NASL description 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. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-11-07 plugin id 78905 published 2014-11-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78905 title Fedora 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 family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20141203_WPA_SUPPLICANT_ON_SL7_X.NASL description 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) last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2014-12-04 plugin id 79715 published 2014-12-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79715 title Scientific Linux Security Update : wpa_supplicant on SL7.x x86_64 (20141203) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-13537.NASL description 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. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-11-10 plugin id 79069 published 2014-11-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79069 title Fedora 21 : wpa_supplicant-2.0-12.fc21 (2014-13537) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-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 seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-10-23 plugin id 78637 published 2014-10-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78637 title openSUSE Security Update : wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2014:1313-1) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2014-211.NASL description Updated 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 78731 published 2014-10-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78731 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wpa_supplicant (MDVSA-2014:211) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-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 seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-10-23 plugin id 78636 published 2014-10-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78636 title openSUSE Security Update : wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2014:1314-1) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3052.NASL description Jouni 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 seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-10-17 plugin id 78519 published 2014-10-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78519 title Debian DSA-3052-1 : wpa - security update NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-13608.NASL description 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. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-11-03 plugin id 78810 published 2014-11-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78810 title Fedora 21 : hostapd-2.3-1.fc21 (2014-13608) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201606-17.NASL description The 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91862 published 2016-06-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91862 title GLSA-201606-17 : hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2014-1956.NASL description 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 79711 published 2014-12-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79711 title RHEL 7 : wpa_supplicant (RHSA-2014:1956) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2383-1.NASL description Jouni 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 78468 published 2014-10-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78468 title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS : wpa, wpasupplicant vulnerability (USN-2383-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_WPA_SUPPLICANT-141015.NASL description This update fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in wpa_supplicant last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-11-05 plugin id 78868 published 2014-11-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78868 title SuSE 11.3 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SAT Patch Number 9894) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-147.NASL description It 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 seen 2020-03-17 modified 2015-03-26 plugin id 82130 published 2015-03-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82130 title Debian DLA-147-1 : wpasupplicant security update NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2014-1956.NASL description 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 79726 published 2014-12-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79726 title CentOS 7 : wpa_supplicant (CESA-2014:1956) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-13778.NASL description Apply 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 seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-11-07 plugin id 78903 published 2014-11-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78903 title Fedora 19 : hostapd-2.0-5.fc19 (2014-13778) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2015-1013-1.NASL description wpa_supplicant was updated to fix three security issues : - CVE-2015-0210: wpa_supplicant: broken certificate subject check this adds the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 84079 published 2015-06-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84079 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2015:1013-1) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2014-1956.NASL description From 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 79709 published 2014-12-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79709 title Oracle Linux 7 : wpa_supplicant (ELSA-2014-1956) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2015-120.NASL description Updated 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 82373 published 2015-03-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82373 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wpa_supplicant (MDVSA-2015:120) NASL family Slackware Local Security Checks NASL id SLACKWARE_SSA_2014-344-07.NASL description New wpa_supplicant packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 79872 published 2014-12-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79872 title Slackware 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / current : wpa_supplicant (SSA:2014-344-07)
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References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1956.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60366
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60428
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61271
- http://w1.fi/security/2014-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3052
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:120
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/09/28
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70396
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2383-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151259
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17