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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201908-25 |
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https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Denial of Service |
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Date: August 18, 2019 |
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Bugs: #685860, #688588 |
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ID: 201908-25 |
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Synopsis |
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A vulnerability in hostapd and wpa_supplicant could lead to a Denial of |
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Service condition. |
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Background |
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wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE |
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802.11i / RSN). |
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hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication |
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servers. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-wireless/hostapd < 2.8 >= 2.8 |
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2 net-wireless/wpa_supplicant |
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< 2.8 >= 2.8 |
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2 affected packages |
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Description |
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A vulnerability was discovered in hostapd's and wpa_supplicant's |
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eap_server/eap_server_pwd.c and eap_peer/eap_pwd.c files. |
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Impact |
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An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All hostapd users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/hostapd-2.8" |
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All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.8" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2019-11555 |
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11555 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-25 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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