CVE-2016-10743

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    CVE-2016-10743

    Published: 23 Mar 2019Last Modified: 12 Sept 2026

    Summary:

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

    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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2462f347bca0a7cce7e06ff88adbe3aa47c52d54

    Affected versions

    hostap_2_5

    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
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