PT-2019-7541 · Hostap+2 · Hostapd+2

Jonathan Brossard · Published 2016-12-23 · Updated 2020-08-09 · CVE-2016-10743

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions hostapd versions prior to 2.6

Description The issue is related to the use of a low-quality pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) in hostapd. This PRNG is reached through an os random() function call.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6, update to version 2.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-332

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2481

CVE-2016-10743

DLA-1733-1

DLA-2138-1

DLA-2318-1

USN-3944-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ubuntu

Hostapd

References · 26

• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3944-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9497 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9498 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1733-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2318-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10743 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3944-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2138-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9499 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3944-1 · Vendor Advisory