CVE-2012-4445
N/A
Published: October 10, 2012 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorHostapdFi Hostapd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50805Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50888Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2557Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Source: [email protected]
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:07.hostapd.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:168Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/08/3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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