| Name | CVE-2023-52161 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3738-1, DSA-5631-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1064062 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| iwd (PTS) | buster | 0.14-2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 0.14-2+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.14-3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 1.14-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.3-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 2.3-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.17-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://www.top10vpn.com/research/wifi-vulnerabilities/
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/wireless/iwd.git/commit/?id=6415420f1c92012f64063c131480ffcef58e60ca (2.14)