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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-23304: wpa_supplicant, hostapd: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-23304: wpa_supplicant, hostapd: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/17/2022
Created
10/03/2023
Added
10/02/2023
Modified
10/02/2023

Description

The implementations of EAP-pwd in hostapd before 2.10 and wpa_supplicant before 2.10 are vulnerable to side-channel attacks as a result of cache access patterns. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-9495.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-wireless-hostapd
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-wireless-wpa_supplicant

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