#VU59838 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in hostapd and wpa_supplicant - CVE-2022-23304
Published: January 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59838
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23304
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
hostapd
wpa_supplicant
hostapd
wpa_supplicant
Software vendor:
Jouni Malinen
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.
Note, this vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU23960 (CVE-2019-9495).
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.