CVE-2019-9494
W1 FI · Published April 17, 2019
5.9
CVSS v3.1
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Description
The implementations of SAE in hostapd and wpa_supplicant are vulnerable to side channel attacks as a result of observable timing differences and cache access patterns. An attacker may be able to gain leaked information from a side channel attack that can be used for full password recovery. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.
Affected Products
- Hostapd <= 2.7
- WPA Supplicant <= 2.7
- Fedora
- Backports SLE
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N