CVE-2017-13084 Other in Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2)

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Attackers within radio range can replay, decrypt, or spoof frames by exploiting a key reinstallation flaw in the WPA2 PeerKey handshake.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-13084?

CVE-2017-13084 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 Station-To-Station-Link (STSL) Transient Key (STK) during the PeerKey handshake, allowing an attacker within radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames.

Weakness: CWE-330, CWE-323

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13084?

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-2017-13084?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13084 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-13084 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13084 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13084, GHSA-mxrv-cp62-8842.

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