| Name | CVE-2019-5062 |
| 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 | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wpa (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.3-1+deb8u15 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2:2.4-1+deb9u9 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:2.4-1+deb9u11 | vulnerable |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u5 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u4 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:2.10-12+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2:2.10-22 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| wpa | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| wpa | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0850
Issue is not considered the report recieved bogus and at most with very
negligible impact. Issue likely would need to be disputed or rejected.