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Mageia 2025-0113: wpa_supplicant & hostapd Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey March 24, 2025
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Critical updates for Mageia addressing hostapd's handling of RADIUS packets could prevent authentication failures caused by attackers.
hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly

Summary

hostapd fails to process crafted RADIUS packets properly. When hostapd authenticates wi-fi devices with RADIUS authentication, an attacker in the position between the hostapd and the RADIUS server may inject crafted RADIUS packets and force RADIUS authentications to fail. (CVE-2025-24912)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34117

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24912

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Topics Covered

security advisory network security security update Mageia RADIUS authentication

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/hostapd-2.11-1.1.mga9

- 9/core/wpa_supplicant-2.11-1.1.mga9

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Publication date: 24 Mar 2025
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0113.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2025-24912

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory network security security update Mageia RADIUS authentication

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