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CVE-2015-5316

N/A

Published: February 21, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxWpa Supplicant

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

The eap_pwd_perform_confirm_exchange function in eap_peer/eap_pwd.c in wpa_supplicant 2.x before 2.6, when EAP-pwd is enabled in a network configuration profile, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an EAP-pwd Confirm message followed by the Identity exchange.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

Wpa Supplicant · W1-fi

95%

2.0 ≤ v < 2.6

Affected range stops below 2.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://w1.fi/security/2015-8/eap-pwd-unexpected-confirm.txt

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/11

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77538

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUBroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2808-1

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-476

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