Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime Affecting hostapd package, versions [0,]
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- published20 Mar 2025
- disclosed12 Mar 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 12 Mar 2025
NewCVE-2025-24912 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime due to the improper handling of RADIUS packet processing. An attacker can cause RADIUS authentications to fail by injecting crafted RADIUS packets between the hostapd service and the RADIUS server.