NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting wpa package, versions <2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.65% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-WPA-345372
  • published27 Apr 2019
  • disclosed26 Apr 2019

Introduced: 26 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-11555  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 wpa to version 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wpa package and not the wpa package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The EAP-pwd implementation in hostapd (EAP server) before 2.8 and wpa_supplicant (EAP peer) before 2.8 does not validate fragmentation reassembly state properly for a case where an unexpected fragment could be received. This could result in process termination due to a NULL pointer dereference (denial of service). This affects eap_server/eap_server_pwd.c and eap_peer/eap_pwd.c.

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