CWE-301Base

Reflection Attack in an Authentication Protocol

Draft in the CWE catalog · 1 CVE mapped

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What it is

Simple authentication protocols are subject to reflection attacks if a malicious user can use the target machine to impersonate a trusted user.

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CVE-2019-9497

The implementations of EAP-PWD in hostapd EAP Server and wpa_supplicant EAP Peer do not validate the scalar and element values in EAP-pwd-Commit

The implementations of EAP-PWD in hostapd EAP Server and wpa_supplicant EAP Peer do not validate the scalar and element values in EAP-pwd-Commit. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to complete EAP-PWD authentication without knowing the password. However, unless the crypto library does not implement additional checks for the EC point, the attacker will not be able to derive the session key or complete the key exchange. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.4 are affected. Both hostapd with EAP-pwd support and wpa_supplicant with EAP-pwd support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.

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The record
Technical detail
CWE ID
CWE-301
Abstraction
Base
Structure
Simple
Status
Draft
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