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CVE-2019-9496

An invalid authentication sequence could result in the hostapd process terminating due to missing state validation steps when processing the SAE confirm messag…

Impact

An 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
W1.FiHostapd
through 2.7
W1.FiWpa Supplicant
through 2.7
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 28, 29, 30

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