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NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : wpa_supplicant Vulnerability (NS-SA-2022-0038)

high Nessus Plugin ID 160728

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has wpa_supplicant packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - A vulnerability was discovered in how p2p/p2p_pd.c in wpa_supplicant before 2.10 processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. It could result in denial of service or other impact (potentially execution of arbitrary code), for an attacker within radio range. (CVE-2021-27803)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL wpa_supplicant packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2022-0038

http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2021-27803

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 160728

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2022-0038_wpa_supplicant.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 5/9/2022

Updated: 5/9/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27803

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:wpa_supplicant, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_core:wpa_supplicant-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:wpa_supplicant, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:wpa_supplicant-debuginfo, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_core:5, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27803