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Gentoo: GLSA-201606-17 Normal: Hostapd and Wpa_Supplicant RCE Alert

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Calendar Grey June 27, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux has released a critical advisory on vulnerabilities in hostapd and wpa_supplicant that may allow remote code execution by attackers
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in hostapd and wpa_supplicant, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service

Summary

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

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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 -v ">=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.5-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3686 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3686 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-3686 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3686 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-1863 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1863 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-4141 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4141 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-4142 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4142 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-4143 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4143 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-4144 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4144 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-4145 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4145 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-4146 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-4146

Availability

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

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

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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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-wireless/hostapd < 2.5 >= 2.5 2 net-wireless/wpa_supplicant < 2.5-r1 >= 2.5-r1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

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.

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