Heap-based Buffer Overflow in EAP Server TLS Fragment Processing

CVE-2012-4445 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Heap-based buffer overflow in the eap_server_tls_process_fragment function in eap_server_tls_common.c in the EAP authentication server in hostapd 0.6 through 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or abort) via a small "TLS Message Length" value in an EAP-TLS message with the "More Fragments" flag set.

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