Vulnerability in Canonical (CVE-2017-13081)
Summary
Vulnerability in Canonical (CVE-2017-13081). Data can be tampered with by attackers.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-13081 has been found in Canonical.
Data can be tampered with by attackers. CVSS score: 5.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Canonical CVE-2017-13081" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-13081 (Canonical) — CWE-323 / CVSS v3 5.3
Attack vector: adjacent-network / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-323) exists in Canonical.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Canonical.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.3/10). Data can be tampered with by attackers.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Canonical' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Canonical' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Canonicalを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2017-13081 hostapd Fixed in: 2.6-r2
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13081 firmware-nonfree Fixed in: 20180825-1
References
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
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- advisory arubanetworks.com
- advisory debian.org
- advisory kb.cert.org
- advisory securityfocus.com
- advisory securitytracker.com
- advisory securitytracker.com
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- advisory ubuntu.com
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory security.FreeBSD.org
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- advisory w1.fi
- advisory krackattacks.com
- web oracle.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
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