CVE-2019-10064
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-02-28 14:07Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 22:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-03-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-331Insufficient EntropyBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8aae2126a064519cc3c661d6dd4c92a8415f33d1a42288df9c407213453b89ad
05 Affected products
06 References
- w1.fihttps://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200227 Hostapd fails at seeding PRNGS, leading to insufficient entropy (CVE-2016-10743 and CVE-2019-10064)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200227 Re: Hostapd fails at seeding PRNGS, leading to insufficient entropy (CVE-2016-10743 and CVE-2019-10064)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/2
- seclists.org20200227 Hostapd fails at seeding PRNGS, leading to insufficient entropy (CVE-2016-10743 and CVE-2019-10064)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/26
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200311 [SECURITY] [DLA 2138-1] wpa security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00010.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200808 [SECURITY] [DLA 2318-1] wpa security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00013.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.6-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.6-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wpa Fixed in 2:2.6-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wpa No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- wpa No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.