CVE-2012-4445
EPSS 5.3%hostapd - denial of service
Published: 10/10/2012Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the eap_server_tls_process_fragment function in eap_server_tls_common.c in the EAP authentication server in hostapd 0.6 through 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or abort) via a small "TLS Message Length" value in an EAP-TLS message with the "More Fragments" flag set.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/hostapdfrom 0, < 1:0.6.10-2+squeeze1
- Debian/wpafrom 0, < 1.0-3