CVE-2005-0470 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in wpa_supplicant via malformed EAPOL-Key packets, affecting wireless network clients.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-0470?
CVE-2005-0470 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 19 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant before 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via invalid EAPOL-Key packet data.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0470?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Gentoo Linux, Suse Suse Linux, Wpa Supplicant Wpa Supplicant.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0470?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2005-0470 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0470 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gentoo Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2x7q-3vg9-qwxr.