CVE-2022-23303 Information disclosure in n/a

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Side-channel attacks in SAE implementations allow attackers to potentially recover sensitive information via cache access patterns.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-23303?

CVE-2022-23303 is a critical vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 17 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-203

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23303?

It affects 3 products.

Linux distribution packages (3)
wpa_supplicant Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions1:2.10-2.el9
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions1:2.10-2.el9
wpa_supplicant-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosAll versions1:2.10-2.el9

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, W1.fi Hostapd, W1.fi Wpa Supplicant.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23303?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-23303 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23303 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-23303, AZL-7747, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23303, GHSA-8v55-rm6p-87p5, MGASA-2022-0025, RHBA-2022:3991 and 1 more.

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