Bug 2044602 (CVE-2022-23303)

Summary:	CVE-2022-23303 wpa_supplicant: SAE side channel attacks as a result of cache access patterns
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bgalvani, blueowl, dcaratti, dcbw, hello, linville, lkundrak, sukulkar
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	wpa_supplicant 2.10	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	The implementations of EAP-pwd in hostapd before 2.10 and wpa_supplicant before 2.10 are vulnerable to side-channel attacks as a result of cache access patterns. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability, confidentiality and integrity.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2041269, 2042540, 2044603, 2044604, 2052326, 2052327, 2052328
Bug Blocks:	2044605

Description Pedro Sampaio 2022-01-24 19:53:42 UTC

The implementations of SAE in hostapd before 2.10 and wpa_supplicant before 2.10 are vulnerable to side channel attacks as a result of cache access patterns. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-9494.

References:

https://w1.fi/security/2022-1/
https://w1.fi/security/2022-1/sae-eap-pwd-side-channel-attack-update-2.txt

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2022-01-24 19:54:14 UTC

Created hostapd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2044604]


Created wpa_supplicant tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2044603]