PT-2014-8996 · Ekahau · Ekahau Activator+2

Published 2014-12-19 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2014-9408

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ekahau B4 staff badge tag version 5.7 with firmware 1.4.52 Ekahau Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Controller version 6.0.5-FINAL Ekahau Activator version 3

Description The issue concerns the use of part of the MAC address as part of the RC4 setup key, making it easier for remote attackers to guess the key via a brute-force attack.

Recommendations For Ekahau B4 staff badge tag version 5.7 with firmware 1.4.52, consider updating the firmware to a version that does not use the MAC address as part of the RC4 setup key. For Ekahau Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Controller version 6.0.5-FINAL, update to a newer version that addresses this issue. For Ekahau Activator version 3, update to a version that does not use the vulnerable key setup mechanism.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9408

Affected Products

Ekahau Activator

Ekahau B4 Staff Badge Tag

Ekahau Real-Time Location System (Rtls) Controller

References · 5

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129585/Ekahau-Real-Time-Location-System-RC4-Cipher-Stream-Reuse-Weak-Key-Derivation.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://modzero.ch/advisories/MZ-14-01-Ekahau-RTLS.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9408 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/71674 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534241/100/0/threaded · Note