USN-2808-1

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    USN-2808-1

    Published: 10 Nov 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: wpa vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that wpa_supplicant incorrectly handled WMM Sleep Mode Response frame processing. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform broadcast/multicast packet injections, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5310) It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled certain EAP-pwd messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5314, CVE-2015-5315) It was discovered that wpa_supplicant incorrectly handled certain EAP-pwd Confirm messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5316)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2808-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5310, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5314, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5315, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5316

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wpa

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1-0ubuntu1.4

    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
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