CVE-2025-24912

Publication date 12 March 2025

Last updated 18 March 2025


Ubuntu priority

hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server may inject crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wpa 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected

Notes


mdeslaur

This issue was introduced into the codebase on 2025-01-25, and was fixed on 2025-02-05. It did not make it into Ubuntu. Introduced by: https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=726432d7622cc0088ac353d073b59628b590ea44

Patch details

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Package Patch details
wpa