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SUSE-SU-2015:2221-1 Not scored

Security update for wpa_supplicant

wpa_supplicant was updated to fix two security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-4142: Integer underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd and wpa_supplicant, when used for AP mode MLME/SME functionality, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read (bsc#930078). - CVE-2015-4141: The WPS UPnP function in hostapd, when using WPS AP, and wpa_supplicant, when using WPS external registrar (ER), allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative chunk length, which triggered an out-of-bounds read or heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#930077).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published December 7, 2015
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 wpa_supplicant
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 wpa_supplicant
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 wpa_supplicant
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA wpa_supplicant
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 wpa_supplicant
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 wpa_supplicant
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 wpa_supplicant

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2015:2221-1

wpa_supplicant was updated to fix two security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2015-4142: Integer underflow in the WMM Action frame parser in hostapd and wpa_supplicant, when used for AP mode MLME/SME functionality, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted frame, which triggers an out-of-bounds read (bsc#930078). - CVE-2015-4141: The WPS UPnP function in hostapd, when using WPS AP, and wpa_supplicant, when using WPS external registrar (ER), allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative chunk length, which triggered an out-of-bounds read or heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#930077).

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05 / REFERENCES

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