CVE-2017-13077 Other in Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2)

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

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.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-13077, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13077, GHSA-wxv4-3q58-w3mx, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13077.

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