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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-13079: Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Oct 17, 2017
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

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.

Solutions

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