Fedora 40: 2024-0fa283c43a critical: iwd updates and security fixes
fedora
January 3, 2025
iwd 3.3: Fix issue with handling External Authentication
Summary
The daemon and utilities for controlling and configuring the Wi-Fi network
hardware.
Update Information:
iwd 3.3: Fix issue with handling External Authentication. iwd 3.2: Fix issue with GCC 15 and -std=c23 build errors. Add support for using PMKSA over SAE if available. Add support for HighUtilization/StationCount thresholds. Add support for disabling Multicast RX option. ell 0.71: Fix issue with GCC 15 and -std=c23 build errors. ell 0.70: Add support for helper function for safe memcpy.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Mon Dec 23 2024 Peter Robinson
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2294016 - CVE-2023-52424 iwd: 802.11: SSID Confusion attack [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2294016
[ 2 ] Bug #2328735 - libell-0.71 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328735
[ 3 ] Bug #2328777 - iwd-3.3 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2328777
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-0fa283c43a' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: iwd
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 3.3
Release: 1.fc40
Summary: Wireless daemon for Linux
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