SB2020090389 - Key management errors in firefox-esr (Alpine package)
Published: September 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020090389
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Key management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13077)
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to force a supplicant to reinstall a previously used pairwise key.The weakness exists in the processing of the 802.11i 4-way handshake messages of the WPA and WPA2 protocols due to ambiguities in the processing of associated protocol messages. An adjacent attacker can use man-in-the-middle techniques to retransmit previously used message exchanges between supplicant and authenticator.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.