CVE-2015-0210

Publication date 28 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

wpa_supplicant 2.0-16 does not properly check certificate subject name, which allows remote attackers to cause a man-in-the-middle attack.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wpa 14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
wpasupplicant 14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

Ubuntu uses openssl with wpasupplicant This CVE was issued for wpa_supplicant incorrectly doing a substring match in subject_match. In fact, that is the intended and documented behaviour. This CVE is invalid.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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