PT-2018-17154 · Extreme Networks · Extremewireless Wing

Published 2018-02-05 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-5797

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG versions 5.x before 5.8.6.9 Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG versions 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3

Description: An issue was discovered that involves an Smint encrypt hardcoded AES key. This key can be used by an attacker for packet decryption to obtain cleartext credentials, provided the attacker has access to a wired port.

Recommendations: For Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG versions 5.x before 5.8.6.9, update to version 5.8.6.9 or later. For Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG versions 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3, update to version 5.9.1.3 or later.

Fix

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5797

Affected Products

Extremewireless Wing

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5797 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Vulnerability_Notice/VN-2018-003 · Vendor Advisory