Improper Authentication Affecting hostapd package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HOSTAPD-2319513
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed12 Dec 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-5061  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for hostapd.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the hostapd 2.6, where an attacker could trigger AP to send IAPP location updates for stations, before the required authentication process has completed. This could lead to different denial of service scenarios, either by causing CAM table attacks, or by leading to traffic flapping if faking already existing clients in other nearby Aps of the same wireless infrastructure. An attacker can forge Authentication and Association Request packets to trigger this vulnerability.

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