5.3

CVE-2017-13081: canonical ubuntu_linux Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-13081UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13081DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13081
Published 17-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-13081 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.5% 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
1.98%
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 16 · Related 10
DLA-1150-1DLA-1573-1DSA-3999-1MGASA-2017-0379MGASA-2017-0472MGASA-2018-0323

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 group key 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

1.98%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.98% 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
Ubuntu2 products
  • linux-firmware< 1.127.24 | < 1.157.14 | < 1.170
  • wpa< 2.1-0ubuntu1.5 | < 2.4-0ubuntu6.2 | < 2.4-0ubuntu10
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
Wi-fi alliance1 product

10 vendors · 19 products

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