CVE-2022-23303

Description

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.32%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://w1.fi/security/2022-1/ third party advisory patch mitigation
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPDHU5MV464CZBPX7N2SNMUYP6DFIBZL/ vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-16 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-23303?
CVE-2022-23303 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-23303?
To fix CVE-2022-23303, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-23303 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-23303 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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