CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-9497

Improper Authentication

Published: Apr 17, 2019 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Hostapd W1.fi * 2.4 (including)
Hostapd W1.fi 2.5 (including) 2.7 (including)
Wpa_supplicant W1.fi * 2.4 (including)
Wpa_supplicant W1.fi 2.5 (including) 2.7 (including)
Wpa Ubuntu bionic *
Wpa Ubuntu cosmic *
Wpa Ubuntu devel *
Wpa Ubuntu disco *
Wpa Ubuntu trusty *
Wpa Ubuntu upstream *
Wpa Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References