wpa_supplicant

Description:IEEE 802.1X/WPA supplicant for secure wireless transfers
Homepage:https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
Location:Portage
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  • + - stable
  • ~ - unstable
  • M - hardmask
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USE flags

  • ap - Add support for access point mode
  • broadcom-sta - Flag to help users disable features not supported by broadcom-sta driver
  • crda - Use net-wireless/crda for regulatory domain loading instead of in-kernel (4.15+) support
  • dbus - Enable dbus support for anything that needs it (gpsd, gnomemeeting, etc)
  • eap-sim - Add support for EAP-SIM authentication algorithm
  • eapol-test - Build and install eapol_test binary
  • fasteap - Add support for FAST-EAP authentication algorithm
  • fils - Add support for Fast Initial Link Setup (802.11ai)
  • hs2-0 - Add support for 802.11u and Passpoint for HotSpot 2.0
  • macsec - Add support for wired macsec
  • mbo - Add support Multiband Operation
  • mesh - Add support for mesh mode
  • p2p - Add support for Wi-Fi Direct mode
  • privsep - Enable wpa_priv privledge separation binary
  • ps3 - Add support for ps3 hypervisor driven gelic wifi
  • qt5 - Add support for the Qt 5 application and UI framework
  • readline - Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
  • selinux - !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
  • smartcard - Add support for smartcards
  • tdls - Add support for Tunneled Direct Link Setup (802.11z)
  • tkip - Add support for WPA TKIP (deprecated due to security flaws in 2009)
  • uncommon-eap-types - Add support for GPSK, SAKE, GPSK_SHA256, IKEV2 and EKE
  • wep - Add support for Wired Equivalent Privacy (deprecated due to security flaws in 2004)
  • wimax - Add support for Wimax EAP-PEER authentication algorithm
  • wps - Add support for Wi-Fi Protected Setup

Security Advisory

Date Severity Title
about 1 year normal wpa_supplicant, hostapd: Multiple Vulnerabilities
over 5 years normal hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Denial of Service
about 7 years normal hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Key Reinstallation (KRACK) attacks
over 8 years normal hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Multiple vulnerabilities
almost 20 years normal wpa_supplicant: Buffer overflow vulnerability

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