Vulnerability CVE-2023-52161


Published: 2024-02-22

Description:
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.

 References:
https://iwd.wiki.kernel.org/
https://www.top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerabilities/
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/wireless/iwd.git/commit/?id=6415420f1c92012f64063c131480ffcef58e60ca

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