VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.35% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-332
- Affected
- w1.fi/hostapd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389Patch, Third Party Advisory
- 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=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.