CVE-2019-13456
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.25%
Description
In FreeRADIUS 3.0 through 3.0.19, on average 1 in every 2048 EAP-pwd handshakes fails because the password element cannot be found within 10 iterations of the hunting and pecking loop. This leaks information that an attacker can use to recover the password of any user. This information leakage is similar to the "Dragonblood" attack and CVE-2019-9494.
How to fix CVE-2019-13456
To remediate CVE-2019-13456, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.0.20+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-13456 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.0.20+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |