#VU105624 Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime in hostapd - CVE-2025-24912

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#VU105624 Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime in hostapd - CVE-2025-24912

Published: March 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU105624
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-24912
CWE-ID: CWE-826
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
hostapd
Software vendor:
Jouni Malinen

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected application fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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