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CVE-2019-13377 Detail

Description

The implementations of SAE and EAP-pwd in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 2.x through 2.8 are vulnerable to side-channel attacks as a result of observable timing differences and cache access patterns when Brainpool curves are used. An attacker may be able to gain leaked information from a side-channel attack that can be used for full password recovery.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.9 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N


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Hyperlink Resource
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IELLEPIXWQOJFW4SZMU3WQHO63JFAHA4/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/56 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4098-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=147bf7b88a9c231322b5b574263071ca6dbb0503 Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=cd803299ca485eb857e37c88f973fccfbb8600e5 Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4538 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-13377
NVD Published Date:
08/15/2019
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE