UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13079

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13079

    Published: 16 Oct 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-13079
    Aliases:
    USN-3455-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13079, https://www.krackattacks.com/, https://w1.fi/security/2017-1/wpa-packet-number-reuse-with-replayed-messages.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3455-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13079

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wpa

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1-0ubuntu1.5

    Affected versions

    1.0-3ubuntu2

    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