GLSA 201606-17: hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/27/2016
Bugs:	#524928, #547492, #548742, #548744, #554860, #554862
ID:	201606-17

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in hostapd and wpa_supplicant, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background

wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-wireless/hostapd	< 2.5	>= 2.5	All supported architectures
net-wireless/wpa_supplicant	< 2.5-r1	>= 2.5-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in both hostapd and wpa_supplicant. Please review the CVE identifiers for more information.

Impact

Remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All hostapd users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/hostapd-2.5"

All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.5-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201606-17.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.