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 clients.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-13079: held from 0.021 to 0.021.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.