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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2019-03-23

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-332

Affected products

• Hostapd (W1.fi)

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=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389