Improper Authentication Affecting wpa_supplicant package, versions <2.9-150000.4.39.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.18% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-WPASUPPLICANT-6420435
  • published9 Mar 2024
  • disclosed8 Mar 2024

Introduced: 8 Mar 2024

CVE-2023-52160  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 wpa_supplicant to version 2.9-150000.4.39.1 or higher.

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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 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

version 3.1