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CVE-2017-13079

MEDIUM
5.3CVSS
Published: 2017-10-17
Updated: 2025-04-20
AI Analysis

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
adjacent network
Complexity
high
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-323CWE-330

Metadata

Primary Vendor
CANONICAL
Published
10/17/2017
Last Modified
4/20/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

canonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdopensuse : leapopensuse : leapredhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : enterprise_linux_serverw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : hostapdw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantw1.fi : wpa_supplicantsuse : linux_enterprise_desktopsuse : linux_enterprise_desktopsuse : linux_enterprise_point_of_salesuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : openstack_cloud

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