CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-52424

Missing Critical Step in Authentication

Published: May 17, 2024 | Modified: Aug 29, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.4 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The IEEE 802.11 standard sometimes enables an adversary to trick a victim into connecting to an unintended or untrusted network with Home WEP, Home WPA3 SAE-loop. Enterprise 802.1X/EAP, Mesh AMPE, or FILS, aka an SSID Confusion issue. This occurs because the SSID is not always used to derive the pairwise master key or session keys, and because there is not a protected exchange of an SSID during a 4-way handshake.

Weakness

The product implements an authentication technique, but it skips a step that weakens the technique.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wpa Ubuntu mantic *
Wpa Ubuntu trusty/esm *

References