CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-13084

Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption

Published: Oct 17, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.4 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.1 LOW
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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Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) allows reinstallation of the Station-To-Station-Link (STSL) Transient Key (STK) during the PeerKey handshake, allowing an attacker within radio range to replay, decrypt, or spoof frames.

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)

Potential Mitigations

References