High severity · published Feb 28, 2020
CVE-2019-10064
hostapd before 2.6, in EAP mode, makes calls to the rand() and random() standard library functions without any preceding srand() or srandom() call, which results in inappropriate…
7.5
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
hostapd before 2.6, in EAP mode, makes calls to the rand() and random() standard library functions without any preceding srand() or srandom() call, which results in inappropriate use of deterministic values. This was fixed in conjunction with CVE-2016-10743.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
HO
Hostapd · W1.fi
before 2.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10064
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10064
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.html
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/26
Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/1
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/2
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00010.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00013.html
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