Security restrictions bypass in wpa_supplicant - CVE-2017-13080

 

Security restrictions bypass in wpa_supplicant - CVE-2017-13080

Published: December 8, 2017 / Updated: April 30, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9591
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13080
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Jouni Malinen
Affected software:
wpa_supplicant

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists due to Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) allows reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK) during the group key handshake. An adjacent attacker can replay frames from access points to clients.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-13080

Install update from vendor's website.

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