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CVE-2017-13079

Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption

Published: Oct 17, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.9 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.1 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
HIGH
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13079
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/323.html

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.

Weakness

Nonces should be used for the present occasion and only once.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical14.04 (including)14.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical16.04 (including)16.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical17.04 (including)17.04 (including)
Debian_linuxDebian8.0 (including)8.0 (including)
Debian_linuxDebian9.0 (including)9.0 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd**
FreebsdFreebsd10 (including)10 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd10.4 (including)10.4 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd11 (including)11 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd11.1 (including)11.1 (including)
LeapOpensuse42.2 (including)42.2 (including)
LeapOpensuse42.3 (including)42.3 (including)
Enterprise_linux_desktopRedhat7 (including)7 (including)
Enterprise_linux_serverRedhat7 (including)7 (including)
WpaUbuntudevel*
WpaUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
WpaUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
WpaUbuntutrusty*
WpaUbuntutrusty/esm*
WpaUbuntuvivid/ubuntu-core*
WpaUbuntuxenial*
WpaUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References

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