CVE-2006-2213 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Hostapd via a malformed EAPoL frame, affecting Wi-Fi access point deployments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-2213?
CVE-2006-2213 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Hostapd 0.3.7-2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via an unspecified value in the key_data_length field of an EAPoL frame.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2213?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hostapd Hostapd.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2213?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-2213 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2213 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DSA-1065-1, GHSA-mw8m-rfjp-9238.