EAP-pwd Peer Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability

EAP-pwd Peer Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2015-4146 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The EAP-pwd peer implementation in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 does not clear the L (Length) and M (More) flags before determining if a response should be fragmented, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.

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