[Japanese]

JVNDB-2025-000017

hostapd vulnerable to improper processing of RADIUS packets

Overview

hostapd provided by Jouni Malinen fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly (CWE-826).

KUSABA Takeshi of Internet Initiative Japan Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.
CVSS Severity (What is CVSS?)

CVSS V3 Severity:
Base Metrics 3.7 (Low) [IPA Score]
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low
Affected Products


Jouni Malinen
  • hostapd version 2.11 and earlier

Impact

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.
Solution

[Apply the patches]
Apply all the patches provided by the developer in the [Vendor Status] section.
Vendor Information

Jouni Malinen
CWE (What is CWE?)

  1. No Mapping(CWE-Other) [IPA Evaluation]
CVE (What is CVE?)

  1. CVE-2025-24912
References

  1. JVN : JVN#19358384
Revision History

  • [2025/03/12]
      Web page was published

Date Public2025/03/12
Date First Published2025/03/12
Date Last Updated2025/03/12