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CVE-2014-3686

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Description

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151259

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2383-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70396

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/09/28

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:120

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3052

http://w1.fi/security/2014-1/

http://secunia.com/advisories/61271

http://secunia.com/advisories/60428

http://secunia.com/advisories/60366

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1956.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00028.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00027.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00000.html

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-10-16

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05374

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