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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4476

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4476 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11wpa0, 0, 0
Debian:14wpa0, 0, 0
Debian:12wpa0, 0, 0
Debian:13wpa0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • May 9, 2016 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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