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CVE-2016-10743

Published: 23 March 2019

hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
low-quality PRNG is only used as a fallback if /dev/urandom
can't be opened

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
wpa
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2:2.6-7)
trusty
Released (2.1-0ubuntu1.7)
xenial
Released (2.4-0ubuntu6.4)
bionic Not vulnerable
(2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1)
cosmic Not vulnerable

Patches:
upstream: https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N