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Gentoo: GLSA 202309-16 Normal: Hostapd and wpa_supplicant Flaws

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
GLSA 202309-16 reveals critical vulnerabilities in wpa_supplicant and hostapd, impacting wireless security. Users should update immediately to prevent attacks and assess CVEs for severity.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in wpa_supplicant and hostapd, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in hostapd and wpa_supplicant. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution wpa_supplicant hostapd normal severity

Resolution

All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.10"
All hostapd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/hostapd-2.10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-30004 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30004 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-23303 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23303 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-23304 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23304

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-16
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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: wpa_supplicant, hostapd: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: September 30, 2023
Bugs: #768759, #780135, #780138, #831332
ID: 202309-16

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution wpa_supplicant hostapd normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in wpa_supplicant and hostapd, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

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 --------------------------- ------------ ------------ net-wireless/hostapd < 2.10 >= 2.10 net-wireless/wpa_supplicant < 2.10 >= 2.10

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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