The implementations of EAP-PWD in hostapd and wpa_supplicant are vulnerable to side-channel attacks as a result of cache access patterns. All versions of hostapd and wpa_supplicant with EAP-PWD support are vulnerable. The ability to install and execute applications is necessary for a successful attack. Memory access patterns are visible in a shared cache. Weak passwords may be cracked. Versions of hostapd/wpa_supplicant 2.7 and newer, are not vulnerable to the timing attack described in CVE-2019-9494. Both hostapd with EAP-pwd support and wpa_supplicant with EAP-pwd support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpine | edge-main | noarch | wpa_supplicant | <Â 2.7-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.10-main | noarch | wpa_supplicant | <Â 2.7-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.11-main | noarch | wpa_supplicant | <Â 2.7-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.12-main | noarch | wpa_supplicant | <Â 2.7-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.13-main | noarch | wpa_supplicant | <Â 2.7-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.14-main | noarch | wpa_supplicant | <Â 2.7-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.15-main | noarch | wpa_supplicant | <Â 2.7-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.16-main | noarch | wpa_supplicant | <Â 2.7-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.17-main | noarch | wpa_supplicant | <Â 2.7-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Alpine | 3.18-main | noarch | wpa_supplicant | <Â 2.7-r2 | UNKNOWN |