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Alpine: hostapd: security update to 2.7-r4

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 404899

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2019-13377)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-13377

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 404899

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13377

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13377