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Unscored USN-3455-1 11 CVEs

wpa vulnerabilities

Published Oct 16, 2017 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Mathy Vanhoef discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly
handled WPA2. A remote attacker could use this issue with key
reinstallation attacks to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-13077,
CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081,
CVE-2017-13082, CVE-2017-13086, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088)

Imre Rad discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled
invalid characters in passphrase parameters. A remote attacker could use
this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4476)

Imre Rad discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled
invalid characters in passphrase parameters. A local attacker could use
this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2016-4477)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS wpa 2.1-0ubuntu1.5
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS wpa 2.4-0ubuntu6.2

Vulnerabilities 11

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4476
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4477
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13077
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13078
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13079
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13080
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13081
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13082
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13086
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13087
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13088