UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17497

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-17497
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17497.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17497
Upstream
Published
2020-08-12T16:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:38Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

eapol.c in iNet wireless daemon (IWD) through 1.8 allows attackers to trigger a PTK reinstallation by retransmitting EAPOL Msg4/4.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / iwd

Package

Name
iwd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/iwd@1.5-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.21-1
0.23-1
1.*
1.0-1
1.1-1
1.2-1
1.2-2
1.4-1
1.5-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "iwd",
            "binary_version": "1.5-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17497.json"