CVE-2017-13079
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2017-13079 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of wpa_supplicant as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7, as CONFIG_IEEE80211W was not enabled.
CVSS v3 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 8.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | None |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wpa_supplicant | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wpa_supplicant | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wpa_supplicant | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank CERT for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Mathy Vanhoef (University of Leuven) as the original reporter.External References
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