CVE-2019-9494
The implementations of SAE in hostapd and wpa_supplicant are vulnerable to side-channel attacks
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 17, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 1, 2019
Description
The implementations of SAE in hostapd and wpa_supplicant are vulnerable to side channel attacks as a result of observable timing differences and cache access patterns. An attacker may be able to gain leaked information from a side channel attack that can be used for full password recovery. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
hostapd with SAE supportWi-Fi Alliance |
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wpa_supplicant with SAE supportWi-Fi Alliance |
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References
- https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_16
- FEDORA-2019-d03bae77f5vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-f409af9fbevendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-eba1109acdvendor-advisory
- FreeBSD-SA-19:03vendor-advisory
- 20190515 FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpamailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152914/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-03.wpa.html
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0222vendor-advisory
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