Vulnerability in Freebsd
CVE-2017-13079
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) that supports IEEE 802.11w allows reinstallation of the Integrity Group Temporal Key (IGTK) during the four-way handshake, allowing an attacker within radio range to spoof frames from access points to…
EPSS: 0.010 (77.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Freebsd — versions 10, 10.4, 11
- W1.fi Hostapd — versions 0.2.4, 0.2.5, 0.2.6
- W1.fi Wpa_supplicant — versions 0.2.4, 0.2.5, 0.2.6
- Wi-fi Alliance Protected Access (Wpa And Wpa2) — versions WPA2, WPA
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 42.2, 42.3
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 7
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 7
- Suse Linux_enterprise_desktop — versions 12
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cret@cert.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cret@cert.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cret@cert.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-13079?
- CVE-2017-13079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-10-17.
- How severe is CVE-2017-13079?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-13079 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.