CVE-2006-2213

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Published May 5, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

Hostapd 0.3.7-2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via an unspecified value in the key_data_length field of an EAPoL frame.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hostapd:hostapd:0.3.7_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1065-1	New hostapd packages fix denial of service
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2214	Hostapd 0.3.7-2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via an unspecified value in the key_data_length field of an EAPoL frame.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.4% (2.371% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365897
http://secunia.com/advisories/19966
http://secunia.com/advisories/20195
http://secunia.com/advisories/20265
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1065
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:088
http://www.osvdb.org/25233
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17846
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1657
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26239

History

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Subscriptions

Hostapd Hostapd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:43 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 5, 2006, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:43 PM
Reserved: May 5, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:24 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 5, 2006, 12:46 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:24 PM

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