[HN Gopher] A specific network name can completely disable Wi-Fi...
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       A specific network name can completely disable Wi-Fi on your iPhone
        
       Author : laktak
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2021-06-19 21:34 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (9to5mac.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (9to5mac.com)
        
       | eqvinox wrote:
       | earlier post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27560438
        
       | perihelions wrote:
       | _" The Wi-Fi subsystem probably passes the Wi-Fi network name
       | (SSID) unsanitized to some internal library that is performing
       | string formatting, which in turn causes an arbitrary memory write
       | and buffer overflow. This will lead to memory corruption and the
       | iOS watchdog will kill the process, hence effectively disabling
       | Wi-Fi for the user."_
       | 
       | This sounds like a significant security bug?
        
         | tinus_hn wrote:
         | It's pretty significant but a strong mitigating factor is that
         | you have to join the network manually before this happens.
        
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