Alpine: multiple hostapd packages: security update to 2.5-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401110

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The eap_pwd_process function in eap_server/eap_server_pwd.c in hostapd 2.x before 2.6 does not validate
that the reassembly buffer is large enough for the final fragment when used with (1) an internal EAP
server or (2) a RADIUS server and EAP-pwd is enabled in a runtime configuration, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (process termination) via a large final fragment in an EAP-pwd
message. (CVE-2015-5314)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 401110

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5314

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5314

BID: 77540

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