Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 6, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5310
CVE-2015-5310
Description
The WNM Sleep Mode code in wpa_supplicant 2.x before 2.6 does not properly ignore key data in response frames when management frame protection (MFP) was not negotiated, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary broadcast or multicast packets or cause a denial of service (ignored packets) via a WNM Sleep Mode response.
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Affected products
9- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1
< 2.6-1.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2-14.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2-14.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2-14.2
Patches
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References
7- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- w1.fi/security/2015-6/wpa_supplicant-unauthorized-wnm-sleep-mode-gtk-control.txtnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3397nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/9nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/77541nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034592nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2808-1nvd
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