#VU23960 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in hostapd and wpa_supplicant - CVE-2019-9495

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#VU23960 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in hostapd and wpa_supplicant - CVE-2019-9495

Published: January 6, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23960
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9495
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
hostapd
wpa_supplicant
Software vendor:
Jouni Malinen

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the implementations of EAP-PWD are vulnerable to side-channel attacks as a result of cache access patterns. A remote attacker with ability to install and execute applications can crack weak passwords when memory access patterns are visible in a shared cache.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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