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GLSA-201908-25 : hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 127974

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201908-25 (hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Denial of service)

 A vulnerability was discovered in hostapd’s and wpa_supplicant’s eap_server/eap_server_pwd.c and eap_peer/eap_pwd.c files.
 Impact :

 An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All hostapd users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-wireless/hostapd-2.8' All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-25

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127974

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201908-25.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 8/20/2019

Updated: 2/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11555

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:wpa_supplicant, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:hostapd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11555

GLSA: 201908-25