MGASA-2017-0379

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    MGASA-2017-0379

    Published: 19 Oct 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated wpa_supplicant and hostapd packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Mathy Vanhoef discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled WPA2. A remote attacker could use this issue with key reinstallation attacks to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13082, CVE-2017-13086, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0379.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21879, https://w1.fi/security/2017-1/wpa-packet-number-reuse-with-replayed-messages.txt

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hostapd

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/hostapd?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High