Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting hostapd package, versions <2.6-r2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.07% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-HOSTAPD-8483869
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed17 Oct 2017

Introduced: 17 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-13078  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-323  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 hostapd to version 2.6-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hostapd package and not the hostapd package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) allows reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK) during the four-way handshake, allowing an attacker within radio range to replay frames from access points to clients.

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