CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-10743

Insufficient Entropy in PRNG

Published: Mar 23, 2019 | Modified: Apr 10, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW

hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.

Weakness

The lack of entropy available for, or used by, a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) can be a stability and security threat.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Hostapd W1.fi * 2.6 (excluding)
Wpa Ubuntu trusty *
Wpa Ubuntu upstream *
Wpa Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References