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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_16
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_freebsd
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpa.asc
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/40
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152914/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-03.wpa.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00021.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0374
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
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-524
CWE-208
CWE-203
Status
published
Products (11)
fedoraproject/fedora
28
fedoraproject/fedora
29
fedoraproject/fedora
30
freebsd/freebsd
11.2 (10 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
12.0 (4 CPE variants)
opensuse/backports_sle
15.0 (2 CPE variants)
opensuse/leap
15.1
synology/radius_server
3.0
synology/router_manager
< 1.2.3-8087
w1.fi/hostapd
< 2.7
... and 1 more
Published
Apr 17, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026