UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4477

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4477

    Published: 9 May 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4477
    Aliases:
    USN-3455-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4477, http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/, http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/psk-parameter-config-update.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3455-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4477

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wpa

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1-0ubuntu1.5

    Affected versions

    1.0-3ubuntu2

    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