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Arch Linux: ASA-201504-29 Critical: wpa_supplicant Denial of Service

The package wpa_supplicant before version 2.4-1 is vulnerable to denial of service, leak of sensitive information and potentially arbitrary code execution. . Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201504-29 ========================================= Severity: Critical Date : 2015-04-24 CVE-ID : CVE-2015-1863 Package : wpa_supplicant Type : arbitrary code execution Remote : Yes Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE Summary ====== The package wpa_supplicant before version 2.4-1 is vulnerable to denial of service, leak of sensitive information and potentially arbitrary code execution. Resolution ========= Upgrade to 2.4-1. # pacman -Syu "wpa_supplicant> =2.4-1" The problem has been fixed upstream but an updated version has not been released yet. Workaround ========= This issue can be mitigated by disabling the P2P feature support in the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf configuration file. Either "P2P_SET disabled 1" or "p2p_disabled=1" should be set for each interface used. Description ========== A vulnerability was found in how wpa_supplicant uses SSID information parsed from management frames that create or update P2P peer entries (e.g., Probe Response frame or number of P2P Public Action frames). SSID field has valid length range of 0-32 octets. However, it is transmitted in an element that has a 8-bit length field and potential maximum payload length of 255 octets. wpa_supplicant was not sufficiently verifying the payload length on one of the code paths using the SSID received from a peer device. This can result in copying arbitrary data from an attacker to a fixed length buffer of 32 bytes (i.e., a possible overflow of up to 223 bytes). The SSID buffer is within struct p2p_device that is allocated from heap. The overflow can override couple of variables in the struct, including a pointer that gets freed. In addition about 150 bytes (the exact length depending on architecture) can be written beyond the end of the heap allocation. Thiscould result in corrupted state in heap, unexpected program behavior due to corrupted P2P peer device information, denial of service due to wpa_supplicant process crash, exposure of memory contents during GO Negotiation, and potentially arbitrary code execution. Attacker (or a system controlled by the attacker) needs to be within radio range of the vulnerable system to send a suitably constructed management frame that triggers a P2P peer device information to be created or updated. The vulnerability is easiest to exploit while the device has started an active P2P operation (e.g., has ongoing P2P_FIND or P2P_LISTEN control interface command in progress). However, it may be possible, though significantly more difficult, to trigger this even without any active P2P operation in progress. Impact ===== A remote attacker within radio range may be able to cause a denial of service, read arbitrary memory or execute arbitrary code. References ========= https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1863 http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpa_supplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txt https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44695 . The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2015-1 acknowledges severe vulnerabilities in the OpenSSH package that could result in unauthorized access.. Arch Linux, wpa_supplicant, Denial of Service, Arbitrary Code Execution. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 24, 2015 •Critical ArchLinux