CVE-2019-9497

Publication date 10 April 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1 · High

Score breakdown

The implementations of EAP-PWD in hostapd EAP Server and wpa_supplicant EAP Peer do not validate the scalar and element values in EAP-pwd-Commit. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to complete EAP-PWD authentication without knowing the password. However, unless the crypto library does not implement additional checks for the EC point, the attacker will not be able to derive the session key or complete the key exchange. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.4 are affected. Both hostapd with EAP-pwd support and wpa_supplicant with EAP-pwd support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wpa 19.04 disco
Fixed 2:2.6-21ubuntu3
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 2:2.6-18ubuntu1.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.4-0ubuntu6.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.1-0ubuntu1.7
wpasupplicant 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3944-1
    • wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities
    • 10 April 2019

Other references