Vulnerability CVE-2020-24587


Published: 2021-05-11

Description:
The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) doesn't require that all fragments of a frame are encrypted under the same key. An adversary can abuse this to decrypt selected fragments when another device sends fragmented frames and the WEP, CCMP, or GCMP encryption key is periodically renewed.

Type:

CWE-326

(Inadequate Encryption Strength)

CVSS2 => (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.3/10
2.9/10
6.5/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Adjacent network
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Linux -> Mac80211 
IEEE -> Ieee 802.11 

 References:
https://www.fragattacks.com
https://github.com/vanhoefm/fragattacks/blob/master/SUMMARY.md
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/12

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