Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption
CVE-2022-37660
Summary
In hostapd 2.10 and earlier, the PKEX code remains active even after a successful PKEX association. An attacker that successfully bootstrapped public keys with another entity using PKEX in the past, will be able to subvert a future bootstrapping by passively observing public keys, re-using the encrypting element Qi and subtracting it from the captured message M (X = M - Qi). This will result in the public ephemeral key X; the only element required to subvert the PKEX association.
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CWE-323 - Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption
Nonces should be used for the present occasion and only once.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published