CVE-2017-13088 Other in Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2)

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers within radio range can replay frames from access points to clients by exploiting WPA2 key reinstallation in 802.11v implementations.

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-2017-13088?

CVE-2017-13088 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) that support 802.11v allows reinstallation of the Integrity Group Temporal Key (IGTK) 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.

Weakness: CWE-330, CWE-323

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13088?

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-2017-13088?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-13088 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-13088, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13088, GHSA-qvr8-f9g3-wv5x, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13088.

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