Key Management Errors Affecting wpa_supplicant package, versions [2.0,2.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WPASUPPLICANT-2364115
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Aug 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-14526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-320  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wpa_supplicant to version 2.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Key Management Errors. 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.

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