Improper Authorization Affecting wpa_supplicant package, versions <1:2.6-12.amzn2.2.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.18% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-WPASUPPLICANT-6371073
  • published5 Mar 2024
  • disclosed22 Feb 2024

Introduced: 22 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-52160  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 wpa_supplicant to version 1:2.6-12.amzn2.2.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2480.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wpa_supplicant package and not the wpa_supplicant package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The implementation of PEAP in wpa_supplicant through 2.10 allows authentication bypass. For a successful attack, wpa_supplicant must be configured to not verify the network's TLS certificate during Phase 1 authentication, and an eap_peap_decrypt vulnerability can then be abused to skip Phase 2 authentication. The attack vector is sending an EAP-TLV Success packet instead of starting Phase 2. This allows an adversary to impersonate Enterprise Wi-Fi networks.

CVSS Base Scores

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