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Gentoo: GLSA 202310-14 Normal: systemd and polkit Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 17, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux advisory GLSA 202110-17 highlights a vulnerability in hostapd and wpa_supplicant, resulting in potential service interruptions. Immediate action advised!
A vulnerability in hostapd and wpa_supplicant could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

A vulnerability was discovered in hostapd's and wpa_supplicant's eap_server/eap_server_pwd.c and eap_peer/eap_pwd.c files.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo wpa_supplicant hostapd normal severity

Resolution

All hostapd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/hostapd-2.8"
All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-11555 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11555

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-25
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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: Denial of Service
Date: August 18, 2019
Bugs: #685860, #688588
ID: 201908-25

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo wpa_supplicant hostapd normal severity

Synopsis

A vulnerability in hostapd and wpa_supplicant could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

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 < 2.8 >= 2.8 2 net-wireless/wpa_supplicant < 2.8 >= 2.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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