CVE-2016-4476

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3455-1

Posted Oct 16, 2017

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3455-1 - Mathy Vanhoef discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled WPA2. A remote attacker could use this issue with using key reinstallation attacks to obtain sensitive information. Imre Rad discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled invalid characters in passphrase parameters. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2016-4476, CVE-2016-4477, CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13082, CVE-2017-13086, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088

SHA-256 | 5ea1473561df45ed73f31c70c3bec7ed067a0d030ebc28a43d266854cc54e8f7

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