High severity · published Apr 17, 2019
CVE-2019-9498
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…
8.1
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BS
Backports Sle · Opensuse
15.0; 15.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
28; 29; 30 · source: NVD
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
11.0 through 11.1; 11.2; 11.2; 11.2; 11.2; 11.2; +9 more · source: NVD
HO
Hostapd · W1.fi
through 2.4; 2.5 through 2.7 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
RS
Radius Server · Synology
3.0 · source: NVD
RM
Router Manager · Synology
1.2 · source: NVD
WS
Wpa Supplicant · W1.fi
through 2.4; 2.5 through 2.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9498
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9498
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00021.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00030.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/
Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/40
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