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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-13080): wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Oct 16, 2017
Added
Oct 16, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) allows reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK) during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker within radio range to replay frames from access points to clients.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-hostapdubuntu-upgrade-linux-firmwareubuntu-upgrade-wpasupplicant
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