This update for wpa_supplicant provides the following fixes:
This security issues was fixe:
- CVE-2018-14526: Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key
messages was not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker
within range of the Access Point and client could have abused the
vulnerability to recover sensitive information (bsc#1104205)
These non-security issues were fixed:
- Fix reading private key passwords from the configuration file.
(bsc#1099835)
- Enable PWD as EAP method. This allows for password-based authentication,
which is easier to setup than most of the other methods, and is used by
the Eduroam network. (bsc#1109209)
- compile eapol_test binary to allow testing via radius proxy and server
(note: this does not match CONFIG_EAPOL_TEST which sets -Werror and
activates an assert call inside the code of wpa_supplicant)
(bsc#1111873), (fate#326725)
- Enabled timestamps in log file...
Read the Full AdvisoryPatch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.0:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1316=1
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):
wpa_supplicant-2.6-lp150.3.6.1
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.6-lp150.3.6.1
wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.6-lp150.3.6.1
wpa_supplicant-gui-2.6-lp150.3.6.1
wpa_supplicant-gui-debuginfo-2.6-lp150.3.6.1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14526.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080798
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1098854
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099835
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1104205
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1109209
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111873
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