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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3052-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                           Michael Gilbert
October 15, 2014                       http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : wpa
CVE ID         : CVE-2014-3686
Debian Bug     : 765352

Jouni Malinen discovered an input sanitization issue in the wpa_cli and
hostapd_cli tools included in the wpa package.  A remote wifi system
within range could provide a crafted string triggering arbitrary code
execution running with privileges of the affected wpa_cli or hostapd_cli
process.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0-3+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wpa packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3052-1: wpa security update

October 16, 2014
Jouni Malinen discovered an input sanitization issue in the wpa_cli and hostapd_cli tools included in the wpa package

Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0-3+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wpa packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Jouni Malinen discovered an input sanitization issue in the wpa_cli and
hostapd_cli tools included in the wpa package. A remote wifi system
within range could provide a crafted string triggering arbitrary code
execution running with privileges of the affected wpa_cli or hostapd_cli
process.

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