Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-17497

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - eapol.c in iNet wireless daemon IWD through 1.8 allows attackers to trigger a PTK reinstallation by retransmitting EAPOL Msg4/4. CVE-2020-17497 Note that Nessus...

wpa_supplicant: Reinstallation of the pairwise key in the 4-way handshake

A new exploitation technique called key reinstallation attacks KRACKs affecting WPA2 has been discovered. A remote attacker within Wi-Fi range could exploit this attack to decrypt Wi-Fi traffic or possibly inject forged Wi-Fi packets by reinstalling a previously used pairwise key PTK-TK during a...