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openSUSE 42.3: 2017:2896-1 Important: Hostapd Network Threat

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Calendar Grey October 28, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
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An update that fixes 14 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for hostapd fixes the following issues:

- Fix KRACK attacks on the AP side (boo#1063479, CVE-2017-13078,

CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13087,

CVE-2017-13088):

Hostap was updated to upstream release 2.6

* fixed EAP-pwd last fragment validation [http://w1.fi/security/2015-7/

(CVE-2015-5314)

* fixed WPS configuration update vulnerability with malformed passphrase

[http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/ (CVE-2016-4476)

* extended channel switch support for VHT bandwidth changes

* added support for configuring new ANQP-elements with

anqp_elem=:

* fixed Suite B 192-bit AKM to use proper PMK length (note: this makes old

releases incompatible with the fixed behavior)

* added no_probe_resp_if_max_sta=1 parameter to disable Probe Response

frame sending for not-associated STAs if max_num_sta limit has been

reached

* added option (-S as command line argument) to request all interfaces to

...

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1201=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-1201=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

hostapd-2.6-8.1

hostapd-debuginfo-2.6-8.1

hostapd-debugsource-2.6-8.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64):

hostapd-2.6-5.3.1

hostapd-debuginfo-2.6-5.3.1

hostapd-debugsource-2.6-5.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1863.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4141.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4142.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4143.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4144.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4145.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5314.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4476.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13078.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13079.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13080.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13081.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13087.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13088.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1063479

https://bugzilla.suse.com/930077

https://bugzilla.suse.com/930078

https://bugzilla.suse.com/930079

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:2896-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2 .

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