CVE-2015-0210 Security feature bypass in n/a
Medium 5.9
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-0210 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2015-0210 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0210 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0210/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0210/index.md)
Attackers can perform man-in-the-middle attacks due to improper certificate subject name validation in wpa_supplicant.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-0210?
CVE-2015-0210 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
wpa_supplicant 2.0-16 does not properly check certificate subject name, which allows remote attackers to cause a man-in-the-middle attack.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0210?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (2)
wpa_supplicant SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.7.1-6.18.6.1 |
wpa_supplicant SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | All versions | 0.7.1-6.18.6.1 |
Products include W1.fi Wpa Supplicant.
How do I fix CVE-2015-0210?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2015-0210 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0210 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4vg4-q9rf-r94r, SUSE-SU-2018:1659-1.