CVE-2024-5290
Published: 6 August 2024
An issue was discovered in wpa_supplicant that resulted in loading of arbitrary shared objects, which allows a local unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges to the user that wpa_supplicant runs as (usually root).
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
wpa Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
| focal |
Released
(2:2.9-1ubuntu4.4)
|
|
| jammy |
Released
(2:2.10-6ubuntu2.1)
|
|
| mantic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| noble |
Released
(2:2.10-21ubuntu0.1)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(2.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm5)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(2.4-0ubuntu6.8+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |