CVE-2019-10064

hostapd: Not preventig the use of low quality PRNG in EAP mode leads to insufficient entropy

Published Feb 28, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
hostapd before 2.6, in EAP mode, makes calls to the rand() and random() standard library functions without any preceding srand() or srandom() call, which results in inappropriate use of deterministic values. This was fixed in conjunction with CVE-2016-10743.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2138-1 wpa security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2318-1 wpa security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-2125 hostapd before 2.6, in EAP mode, makes calls to the rand() and random() standard library functions without any preceding srand() or srandom() call, which results in inappropriate use of deterministic values. This was fixed in conjunction with CVE-2016-10743.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:10 PM
Reserved
Mar 26, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 28, 2020, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:10 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 27, 2020, 12:00 AM