ALPINE-CVE-2016-4477

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    ALPINE-CVE-2016-4477

    Published: 9 May 2016Last Modified: 19 Nov 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4477

    Summary:

    Details: wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-4477

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wpa_supplicant

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/wpa_supplicant?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.5-r3

    Affected versions

    0.5.11-r0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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