CVE-2019-9496

NameCVE-2019-9496
DescriptionAn invalid authentication sequence could result in the hostapd process terminating due to missing state validation steps when processing the SAE confirm message when in hostapd/AP mode. All version of hostapd with SAE support are vulnerable. An attacker may force the hostapd process to terminate, performing a denial of service attack. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.
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Debian Bugs926801

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wpa (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2:2.10-12+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2:2.10-22fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wpasource(unstable)2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-4926801

Notes

[stretch] - wpa <ignored> (SAE code not enabled for build in stretch)
[jessie] - wpa <ignored> (SAE code not enabled for build in jessie)
https://w1.fi/security/2019-3/sae-confirm-missing-state-validation.txt
Patches: https://w1.fi/security/2019-3/
CONFIG_SAE=y enabled since 2:2.7~git20180706+420b5dd-1

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