Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard Affecting iwl100-firmware package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.68% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-IWL100FIRMWARE-1943772
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 5 Feb 2020

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 iwl100-firmware.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iwl100-firmware package and not the iwl100-firmware package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered on Broadcom Wi-Fi client devices. Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors (related to state transitions) in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for a discrete set of traffic, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-9500, CVE-2019-9501, CVE-2019-9502, and CVE-2019-9503.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

3.1 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Adjacent
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

3.1 low
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SUSE

3.1 low