Security Advisory

CVE-2011-5053

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2012-01-06 20:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 00:23:39
Assigner certcc
State PUBLISHED

Description

The Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) protocol, when the "external registrar" authentication method is used, does not properly inform clients about failed PIN authentication, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover the PIN value, and consequently discover the Wi-Fi network password or reconfigure an access point, by reading EAP-NACK messages.