[kwlug-disc] KRACK on WPA2

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

This is the most comprehensive list I have seen so far on
what the status of fixes for various platforms.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/list-of-firmware-and-driver-updates-for-krack-wpa2-vulnerability/

For Android, it quotes Google as saying Android 6.0 and higher is
vulnerable and
they are working on a fix.

They don't mention Android 5.x though. Does that means it is not
supported, or not vulnerable?

On 10/16/17, Chamunks <chamunks at gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't read into it but apparently Android O is supposed to fix security
> update failures.
>
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 7:07 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>
>> An hour after I read the news about KRACK, I got the Ubuntu
>> security mailing list notification that a fix for wpa_supplicant
>> is available. I installed it on the laptops that use WiFi.
>>
>> The concern here is for Android phones, as each vendor
>> is responsible for their own version.
>>
>> Google introduced Google Play Services with KitKat for
>> updating certain things. But not sure if it can reach
>> that deep and update stuff like WiFi and such.
>>
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