PT-2022-5940 · Hostap+7 · Hostapd+7

Published 2022-01-16 · Updated 2025-04-12 · CVE-2022-23303

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions hostapd versions prior to 2.10 wpa supplicant versions prior to 2.10

Description The issue is related to an incomplete fix, resulting in side channel attacks due to cache access patterns. This allows an attacker to potentially disclose protected information. The vulnerability is associated with the implementations of SAE in hostapd and wpa supplicant.

Recommendations For hostapd versions prior to 2.10, update to version 2.10 or later to resolve the issue. For wpa supplicant versions prior to 2.10, update to version 2.10 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the SAE implementation in hostapd and wpa supplicant until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Side Channel Attack

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-203

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-1159

ALT-PU-2022-1160

ALT-PU-2022-1927

ALT-PU-2022-1980

ALT-PU-2022-2423

ALT-PU-2023-1833

AZL-7747

BDU:2022-07363

CVE-2022-23303

DLA-4123-1

MGASA-2022-0025

OESA-2022-1510

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0716-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0716-1

ROSA-SA-2023-2311

ROSA-SA-2024-2367

SUSE-SU-2022:0504-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0716-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0716-2

SUSE-SU-2022:1853-1

SUSE-SU-2022_0504-1

SUSE-SU-2022_0716-1

USN-7317-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

Hostapd

Wpa Supplicant

References · 88

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/softing_sis_rce.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/skulkarni-mv/hostapd_mirror · Exploit
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0025.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-7747 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23303 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:0716-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:0716-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:1853-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://w1.fi/security/2022-1 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23304 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2023-0316SE47MD · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23303 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-4123-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7317-1 · Vendor Advisory