Information Exposure Affecting wpa_supplicant package, versions <1:2.6-12.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WPASUPPLICANT-4831368
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Aug 2018

Introduced: 8 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-14526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 wpa_supplicant to version 1:2.6-12.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3107.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in rsn_supp/wpa.c in wpa_supplicant 2.0 through 2.6. Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages is not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client can abuse the vulnerability to recover sensitive information.