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Expected Behavior Violation

CVE-2019-5062

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-440 - Expected Behavior Violation

A feature, API, or function does not perform according to its specification.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published