CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-9498

Improper Authentication

Published: Apr 17, 2019 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/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
6.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The implementations of EAP-PWD in hostapd EAP Server, when built against a crypto library missing explicit validation on imported elements, do not validate the scalar and element values in EAP-pwd-Commit. An attacker may be able to use invalid scalar/element values to complete authentication, gaining session key and network access without needing or learning the password. 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