Insecure Randomness The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package hostapd  (opens in a new tab)


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EPSS
1.74% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-HOSTAPD-2319523
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed17 Oct 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-13087  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Randomness. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) that support 802.11v allows reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK) when processing a Wireless Network Management (WNM) Sleep Mode Response frame, allowing an attacker within radio range to replay frames from access points to clients.