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    CVE-2016-10743

    hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.

    Published:Feb 19, 2016
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Mar 23, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.00456
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    W1.fi
    Product
    Hostapd

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-59 Session Credential Falsification through Prediction

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    References

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/26
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/2
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00035.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3944-1/
    https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/26
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/2
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00035.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3944-1/
    https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High