5.3

CVE-2017-13079: canonical ubuntu_linux Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-13079UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13079DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13079
Published 17-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-13079 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 14 · Related 9
DLA-1150-1DLA-1573-1DSA-3999-1MGASA-2017-0379MGASA-2018-0323OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2053-1

Timeline

  1. 17-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.12% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse4 products
Debian3 products
  • firmware-nonfree< 20180825-1
  • wpa< 2:2.4-1.1
  • debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0
Alpine2 products
  • hostapd< 2.6-r2 | < 2.6-r1
  • wpa_supplicant< 2.6-r7 | < 2.6-r2 | < 2.6-r4
Redhat2 products
W1.fi2 products
  • hostapd0.2.4 | 0.2.5 | 0.2.6 | 0.2.8 | 0.3.7 | 0.3.9 | 0.3.10 | 0.3.11 | 0.4.7 | 0.4.8 | 0.4.9 | 0.4.10 | 0.4.11 | 0.5.7 | 0.5.8 | 0.5.9 | 0.5.10 | 0.5.11 | 0.6.8 | 0.6.9 | 0.6.10 | 0.7.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6
  • wpa_supplicant0.2.4 | 0.2.5 | 0.2.6 | 0.2.7 | 0.2.8 | 0.3.7 | 0.3.8 | 0.3.9 | 0.3.10 | 0.3.11 | 0.4.7 | 0.4.8 | 0.4.9 | 0.4.10 | 0.4.11 | 0.5.7 | 0.5.8 | 0.5.9 | 0.5.10 | 0.5.11 | 0.6.8 | 0.6.9 | 0.6.10 | 0.7.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6
Canonical1 product
Freebsd1 product
Opensuse1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • wpa< 2.1-0ubuntu1.5 | < 2.4-0ubuntu6.2
Wi-fi alliance1 product

10 vendors · 18 products

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