Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-5316 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The eap_pwd_perform_confirm_exchange function in eap_peer/eap_pwd.c in wpa_supplicant 2.x before 2.6, when EAP-pwd is enabled in a network configuration profile, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an EAP-pwd Confirm message followed by the Identity exchange.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3397.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in wpa_supplicant and hostapd. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2015-4141 Kostya Kortchinsky of the Google Security Team discovered a vulnerability in the WPS UPnP function with HTTP chunked transfer encoding which may result in a denial of service. - CVE-2015-4142 Kostya Kortchinsky of the Google Security Team discovered a vulnerability in the WMM Action frame processing which may result in a denial of service. - CVE-2015-4143 CVE-2015-4144 CVE-2015-4145 CVE-2015-4146 Kostya Kortchinsky of the Google Security Team discovered that EAP-pwd payload is not properly validated which may result in a denial of service. - CVE-2015-5310 Jouni Malinen discovered a flaw in the WMM Sleep Mode Response frame processing. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to mount a denial of service. - CVE-2015-5314 CVE-2015-5315 Jouni Malinen discovered a flaw in the handling of EAP-pwd messages which may result in a denial of service. - CVE-2015-5316 Jouni Malinen discovered a flaw in the handling of EAP-pwd Confirm messages which may result in a denial of service. - CVE-2015-8041 Incomplete WPS and P2P NFC NDEF record payload length validation may result in a denial of service. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 86833 published 2015-11-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86833 title Debian DSA-3397-1 : wpa - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3397. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(86833); script_version("2.7"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:37"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-4141", "CVE-2015-4142", "CVE-2015-4143", "CVE-2015-4144", "CVE-2015-4145", "CVE-2015-4146", "CVE-2015-5310", "CVE-2015-5314", "CVE-2015-5315", "CVE-2015-5316", "CVE-2015-8041"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3397"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3397-1 : wpa - security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in wpa_supplicant and hostapd. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2015-4141 Kostya Kortchinsky of the Google Security Team discovered a vulnerability in the WPS UPnP function with HTTP chunked transfer encoding which may result in a denial of service. - CVE-2015-4142 Kostya Kortchinsky of the Google Security Team discovered a vulnerability in the WMM Action frame processing which may result in a denial of service. - CVE-2015-4143 CVE-2015-4144 CVE-2015-4145 CVE-2015-4146 Kostya Kortchinsky of the Google Security Team discovered that EAP-pwd payload is not properly validated which may result in a denial of service. - CVE-2015-5310 Jouni Malinen discovered a flaw in the WMM Sleep Mode Response frame processing. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to mount a denial of service. - CVE-2015-5314 CVE-2015-5315 Jouni Malinen discovered a flaw in the handling of EAP-pwd messages which may result in a denial of service. - CVE-2015-5316 Jouni Malinen discovered a flaw in the handling of EAP-pwd Confirm messages which may result in a denial of service. - CVE-2015-8041 Incomplete WPS and P2P NFC NDEF record payload length validation may result in a denial of service." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=787371" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=787372" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=787373" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=795740" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804707" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804708" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804710" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4141" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4142" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4143" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4144" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4145" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4146" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5310" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5314" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5315" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5316" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8041" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4141" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4142" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4143" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8041" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/wpa" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/wpa" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the wpa packages. 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For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.3-1+deb8u3." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/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:debian:debian_linux:wpa"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/11/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/11/11"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"hostapd", reference:"1.0-3+deb7u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"wpagui", reference:"1.0-3+deb7u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"wpasupplicant", reference:"1.0-3+deb7u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"wpasupplicant-udeb", reference:"1.0-3+deb7u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"hostapd", reference:"2.3-1+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wpagui", reference:"2.3-1+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wpasupplicant", reference:"2.3-1+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"wpasupplicant-udeb", reference:"2.3-1+deb8u3")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2808-1.NASL description It was discovered that wpa_supplicant incorrectly handled WMM Sleep Mode Response frame processing. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform broadcast/multicast packet injections, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5310) It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled certain EAP-pwd messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5314, CVE-2015-5315) It was discovered that wpa_supplicant incorrectly handled certain EAP-pwd Confirm messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5316). 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 86848 published 2015-11-11 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2015-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86848 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.04 / 15.10 : wpa vulnerabilities (USN-2808-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2808-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered # trademark of Canonical, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(86848); script_version("2.12"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:45"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5310", "CVE-2015-5314", "CVE-2015-5315", "CVE-2015-5316"); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"2808-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.04 / 15.10 : wpa vulnerabilities (USN-2808-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that wpa_supplicant incorrectly handled WMM Sleep Mode Response frame processing. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform broadcast/multicast packet injections, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5310) It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled certain EAP-pwd messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5314, CVE-2015-5315) It was discovered that wpa_supplicant incorrectly handled certain EAP-pwd Confirm messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5316). 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." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/2808-1/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected hostapd and / or wpasupplicant packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hostapd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wpasupplicant"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/01/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/11/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/11/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2015-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("ubuntu.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release"); if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu"); release = chomp(release); if (! preg(pattern:"^(14\.04|15\.04|15\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 14.04 / 15.04 / 15.10", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu); flag = 0; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"hostapd", pkgver:"2.1-0ubuntu1.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"wpasupplicant", pkgver:"2.1-0ubuntu1.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"15.04", pkgname:"hostapd", pkgver:"2.1-0ubuntu7.3")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"15.04", pkgname:"wpasupplicant", pkgver:"2.1-0ubuntu7.3")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"15.10", pkgname:"hostapd", pkgver:"2.4-0ubuntu3.2")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"15.10", pkgname:"wpasupplicant", pkgver:"2.4-0ubuntu3.2")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : ubuntu_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "hostapd / wpasupplicant"); }
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_976567F605C511E694FA002590263BF5.NASL description Jouni Malinen reports : wpa_supplicant unauthorized WNM Sleep Mode GTK control. (2015-6 - CVE-2015-5310) EAP-pwd missing last fragment length validation. (2015-7 - CVE-2015-5315) EAP-pwd peer error path failure on unexpected Confirm message. (2015-8 - CVE-2015-5316) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90568 published 2016-04-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90568 title FreeBSD : hostapd and wpa_supplicant -- multiple vulnerabilities (976567f6-05c5-11e6-94fa-002590263bf5)