High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 9, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4476

Description

hostapd 0.6.7 through 2.5 and wpa_supplicant 0.6.7 through 2.5 do not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted WPS operation.

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Affected products

W1.fi/Hostapd2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=0.6.7,<=2.5
- (no CPE)range: 0.6.7 through 2.5
W1.fi/Wpa Supplicant
cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: >=0.6.7,<=2.5
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Wpa Supplicant/Wpa Supplicantllm-fuzzy
Range: 0.6.7 through 2.5
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/hostapd&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/opensuse/wpa_supplicant&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 2.6-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6-1.1

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/12nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1nvdThird Party Advisory

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