CVE-2016-10743

moderate-risk
Published 2019-03-23

hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.

Do I need to act?

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0.43% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

W1.Fi

References (14)

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/
Patch https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389
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/
Patch https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal