Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability (USN-3969-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 124696

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled unexpected fragments when using EAP-pwd. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3969-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 124696

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3969-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/8/2019

Updated: 10/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11555

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hostapd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wpagui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wpasupplicant, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wpasupplicant-udeb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11555

USN: 3969-1