CVE-2015-4145 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory leak in hostapd and wpa_supplicant EAP-pwd implementation by sending crafted messages.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-4145?

CVE-2015-4145 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 15 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The EAP-pwd server and peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not validate a fragment is already being processed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted message.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4145?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Opensuse Opensuse, W1.fi Hostapd, W1.fi Wpa Supplicant.

How do I fix CVE-2015-4145?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2015-4145 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4145, GHSA-gr76-hqm5-wmpg, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4145.

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