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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• USN-2808-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1034592 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://w1.fi/security/2015-6/wpa_supplicant-unauthorized-wnm-sleep-mode-gtk-control.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-01-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3397 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 77541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20151110 wpa_supplicant unauthorized WNM Sleep Mode GTK control (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 06:41 UTC.