Fedora 25 : 1:wpa_supplicant (2017-12e76e8364) (KRACK)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103884
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VPR Score: 6

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix the for the Key Reinstallation Attacks ==========================================

 - hostapd: Avoid key reinstallation in FT handshake (CVE-2017-13082)

 - Fix PTK rekeying to generate a new ANonce

 - Prevent reinstallation of an already in-use group key and extend protection of GTK/IGTK reinstallation of WNM-Sleep Mode cases (CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088)

 - Prevent installation of an all-zero TK

 - TDLS: Reject TPK-TK reconfiguration

 - WNM: Ignore WNM-Sleep Mode Response without pending request

 - FT: Do not allow multiple Reassociation Response frames

Upstream advisory:
https://w1.fi/security/2017-1/wpa-packet-number-reuse-with-replayed-me ssages.txt

Details and the paper: https://www.krackattacks.com/

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Solution

Update the affected 1:wpa_supplicant package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-12e76e8364

https://www.krackattacks.com/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103884

File Name: fedora_2017-12e76e8364.nasl

Version: 3.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/18/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 6

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:wpa_supplicant, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13082, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088

FEDORA: 2017-12e76e8364

IAVA: 2017-A-0310