High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-10064

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 values. This was fixed in conjunction with CVE-2016-10743.

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Affected products

W1.fi/Hostapd
cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <2.6
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hostapd/hostapddescription
Hostap/hostapdllm-fuzzy
Range: <2.6

Patches

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References

w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/26nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/1nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00013.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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