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8.1
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2019-9497
Hostapd wpa_supplicant EAP-PWD Authentication Bypass
Description

The implementations of EAP-PWD in hostapd EAP Server and wpa_supplicant EAP Peer do not validate the scalar and element values in EAP-pwd-Commit. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to complete EAP-PWD authentication without knowing the password. However, unless the crypto library does not implement additional checks for the EC point, the attacker will not be able to derive the session key or complete the key exchange. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.4 are affected. Both hostapd with EAP-pwd support and wpa_supplicant with EAP-pwd support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.

INFO

Published Date :

April 17, 2019, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-9497 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 W1.fi hostapd
2 W1.fi wpa_supplicant
1 Fedoraproject fedora
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 3
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
A vulnerability in hostapd and wpa_supplicant allows for EAP-PWD authentication bypass.
  • Update the affected hostapd and wpa_supplicant packages.
  • For SUSE systems, use YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.
  • For Debian systems, upgrade the wpa packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-9497.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00021.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152914/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-03.wpa.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00030.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/40
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpa.asc
https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_16
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00021.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152914/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-03.wpa.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00030.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/40
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpa.asc
https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_16
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-9497 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-9497 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-9497 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-9497 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00021.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152914/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-03.wpa.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00030.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/40
    Added Reference https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpa.asc
    Added Reference https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/
    Added Reference https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_16
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference CERT/CC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference CERT/CC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference CERT/CC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference CERT/CC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/
    Removed Reference CERT/CC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/
    Removed Reference CERT/CC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CERT/CC CWE-301
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00030.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_16 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152914/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-03.wpa.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/40 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpa.asc [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/ Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/ Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/ Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/ No Types Assigned https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.4 *cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.5 up to (including) 2.7 *cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.4 *cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.5 up to (including) 2.7
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.1
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

11.69 }} 8.72%

score

0.93398

percentile