Reusing a Nonce Affecting wpa_supplicant package, versions <1:2.6-5.el7_4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.59% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WPASUPPLICANT-1476169
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Oct 2017

Introduced: 16 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-13080  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-323  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 wpa_supplicant to version 1:2.6-5.el7_4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2907.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wpa_supplicant package and not the wpa_supplicant package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

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