Information disclosure in hostapd and wpa_supplicant - CVE-2019-9494
Published: January 6, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23959
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9494
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jouni Malinen
Affected software:
hostapd
wpa_supplicant
hostapd
wpa_supplicant
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the implementations of SAE are vulnerable to side channel attacks as a result of observable timing differences and cache access patterns. A remote attacker can gain leaked information from a side channel attack that can be used for full password recovery.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9494
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152914/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-03.wpa.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/40
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpa.asc
- https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_16