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HistoryMar 04, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability

2021-03-0400:00:00
ubuntu.com
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7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

5.4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

59.4%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • wpa - client support for WPA and WPA2

Details

USN-4757-1 fixed a vulnerability in wpa_supplicant and hostapd. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that wpa_supplicant did not properly handle P2P
(Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests in some situations. A
physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code.

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

5.4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

59.4%