CVE-2017-13077 Other in Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2)
Attackers within radio range can decrypt or spoof network traffic by exploiting a key reinstallation flaw in the WPA2 four-way handshake.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-13077?
CVE-2017-13077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) allows reinstallation of the Pairwise Transient Key (PTK) Temporal Key (TK) during the four-way handshake, allowing an attacker within radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames.
Weakness: CWE-330
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13077?
It affects 12 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Freebsd Freebsd, Opensuse Leap, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 6 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13077?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2017-13077 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13077 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-13077, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13077, GHSA-wxv4-3q58-w3mx, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13077.