cve/2016/CVE-2016-4476.md

### [CVE-2016-4476](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4476)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3455-1

#### Github
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