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CVE-2019-9496

An invalid authentication sequence could result in the hostapd process terminating due to missing state validation steps

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
certcc

Description

An invalid authentication sequence could result in the hostapd process terminating due to missing state validation steps when processing the SAE confirm message when in hostapd/AP mode. All version of hostapd with SAE support are vulnerable. An attacker may force the hostapd process to terminate, performing a denial of service attack. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Wi-Fi Alliance hostapd with SAE support

  • 2.7 to ≤ 2.7affected

Wi-Fi Alliance wpa_supplicant with SAE support

  • 2.7 to ≤ 2.7affected

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