CVE-2019-13377

MEDIUM

hostapd 2.0-2.8 - Side-Channel Information Disclosure via Brainpool Curve Timing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The implementations of SAE and EAP-pwd in hostapd and wpa_supplicant 2.x through 2.8 are vulnerable to side-channel attacks as a result of observable timing differences and cache access patterns when Brainpool curves are used. An attacker may be able to gain leaked information from a side-channel attack that can be used for full password recovery.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=147bf7b88a9c231322b5b574263071ca6dbb0503
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=cd803299ca485eb857e37c88f973fccfbb8600e5
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4098-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4538
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/56

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0070
EPSS Percentile 72.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-203
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.04
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 30
w1.fi/hostapd 2.0 - 2.8
Published Aug 15, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026