CVE-2019-9499

High

Description

The implementations of EAP-PWD in wpa_supplicant EAP Peer, 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 complete authentication, session key and control of the data connection with a client. 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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
ProductW1.fi Hostapd
PublishedApr 17, 2019
First seenApr 17, 2019
Weakness typeCWE-346CWE-346

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
w1.fi hostapdv ≤ 2.4, 2.5 ≤ v ≤ 2.7—
w1.fi wpa_supplicantv ≤ 2.4, 2.5 ≤ v ≤ 2.7—
fedoraproject fedora28, 29, 30—
opensuse backports_sle15.0—
opensuse leap15.1—
debian debian_linux8.0—
synology radius_server3.0—
synology router_manager1.2—
freebsd freebsd11.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.1, 11.2, 12.0—

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