USN-4098-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4098-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4098-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4098-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2019-08-14T12:51:19.550443Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:54Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / wpa

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4

Affected versions

2.*

2.4-0ubuntu10

2:2.*

2:2.4-1.1ubuntu1
2:2.6-15ubuntu1
2:2.6-15ubuntu2
2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1
2:2.6-15ubuntu2.2
2:2.6-15ubuntu2.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "hostapd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "wpagui"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "wpasupplicant"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-13377",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}