Overview
- Description
- An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the 802.11w security state handling for hostapd 2.6 connected clients with valid 802.11w sessions. By simulating an incomplete new association, an attacker can trigger a deauthentication against stations using 802.11w, resulting in a denial of service.
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 2.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 7.4
- Impact score
- 4
- Exploitability score
- 2.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 3.3
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 6.5
- Vector string
- AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "1F5F7411-0B32-4041-8235-2B1AEC186FF0"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]