USN-4098-1

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    USN-4098-1

    Published: 14 Aug 2019Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: wpa vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd were vulnerable to a side channel attack against EAP-pwd. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover certain passwords.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4098-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13377

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wpa

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/wpa@2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4

    Affected versions

    2.4-0ubuntu10

    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