CVE-2018-14526

Summary

CVECVE-2018-14526
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-08 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in rsn_supp/wpa.c in wpa_supplicant 2.0 through 2.6. Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages is not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client can abuse the vulnerability to recover sensitive information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-924

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application W1.fi Wpa Supplicant All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
w1.fi/security/2018-1/unauthenticated-eapol-key-decryption.txt MISC w1.fi Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
wpa_supplicant EAPOL-Key Data Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3745-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1345-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
papers.mathyvanhoef.com/woot2018.pdf MISC papers.mathyvanhoef.com Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-344983.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
Siemens SCALANCE W700 and W1700 | CISA MISC www.us-cert.gov
[SECURITY] [DLA 1462-1] wpa security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FreeBSD-SA-18:11 FREEBSD security.FreeBSD.org Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500739 Alpine Linux Security Update for wpa_supplicant
  • 504515 Alpine Linux Security Update for wpa_supplicant
  • 750549 OpenSUSE Security Update for wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2020:2059-1)
  • 750557 OpenSUSE Security Update for wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2020:2053-1)
  • 752179 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2022:1853-1)
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