The Access Point functionality in eapol_auth_key_handle in eapol.c in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) before 2.14 allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to a protected Wi-Fi network. An attacker can complete the EAPOL handshake by skipping Msg2/4 and instead sending Msg4/4 with an all-zero key.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The Access Point functionality in eapol_auth_key_handle in eapol.c in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) before     2.14 allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to a protected Wi-Fi network. An attacker can complete     the EAPOL handshake by skipping Msg2/4 and instead sending Msg4/4 with an all-zero key. (CVE-2023-52161)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 40 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-58c59bfa4c advisory.

    iwd 2.15:

    * Fix issue with notice events for connection timeouts.
    * Fix issue with reason code and deauthenticate event.
    * Fix issue with handling basename() functionality.

    libell 0.63:

    * Fix issue with handling ending boundary of the PEM.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-3fa713f2e0 advisory.

    iwd 2.16:

            Fix issue with uninitialized variable and DPP encrypt.
            Fix issue with Access Point mode and ATTR_MAC validation.
            Fix issue with Access Point mode and frequency attributes.
            Fix issue with P2P and handling client info description.
            Fix issue with P2P and handling parsing of service info.
            Fix issue with netconfig and handling domain list.
            Add support for forcing a default ECC group.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-4ef5edfb2a advisory.

    iwd 2.16:

            Fix issue with uninitialized variable and DPP encrypt.
            Fix issue with Access Point mode and ATTR_MAC validation.
            Fix issue with Access Point mode and frequency attributes.
            Fix issue with P2P and handling client info description.
            Fix issue with P2P and handling parsing of service info.
            Fix issue with netconfig and handling domain list.
            Add support for forcing a default ECC group.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-fdce971b84 advisory.

    iwd 2.15:

    * Fix issue with notice events for connection timeouts.
    * Fix issue with reason code and deauthenticate event.
    * Fix issue with handling basename() functionality.

    libell 0.63:

    * Fix issue with handling ending boundary of the PEM.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-38faa9a2a8 advisory.

    iwd 2.15:

        Fix issue with notice events for connection timeouts.
        Fix issue with reason code and deauthenticate event.
        Fix issue with handling basename() functionality.

    libell 0.63:

        Fix issue with handling ending boundary of the PEM.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5631 advisory.

  - The Access Point functionality in eapol_auth_key_handle in eapol.c in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) before     2.14 allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to a protected Wi-Fi network. An attacker can complete     the EAPOL handshake by skipping Msg2/4 and instead sending Msg4/4 with an all-zero key. (CVE-2023-52161)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3738 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3738-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                           Chris Lamb     February 22, 2024                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : iwd     Version        : 0.14-2+deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-52161     Debian Bug     : 1064062

    It was discovered that there was an authentication bypass issue in     iwd, the Intel Wireless Daemon. Adversaries could have gained     unauthorised access to a protected 'home' (ie. non-WPA2-Enterprise)     WiFi network.

    For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version     0.14-2+deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your iwd packages.

    For the detailed security status of iwd please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/iwd

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
257086	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-52161	Nessus	Misc.	high
194701	Fedora 40 : iwd / libell (2024-58c59bfa4c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
194688	Fedora 40 : iwd (2024-3fa713f2e0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
192168	Fedora 39 : iwd (2024-4ef5edfb2a)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
191732	Fedora 39 : iwd / libell (2024-fdce971b84)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
191730	Fedora 38 : iwd / libell (2024-38faa9a2a8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
190967	Debian dsa-5631 : iwd - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
190897	Debian dla-3738 : iwd - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2023-52161

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