GLSA-200502-22 : wpa_supplicant: Buffer overflow vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17127

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-22 (wpa_supplicant: Buffer overflow vulnerability)

wpa_supplicant contains a possible buffer overflow due to the lacking validation of received EAPOL-Key frames.
Impact :

An attacker could cause the crash of wpa_supplicant using a specially crafted packet.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.2.7'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17127

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200502-22.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 2/16/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:wpa_supplicant, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0470

GLSA: 200502-22

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