CVE-2016-10743

high

Description

hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.

References

https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3944-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00035.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/1

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/26

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-03-23

Updated: 2019-04-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High