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openSUSE 15.6: 2025:0977-1 moderate: wpa_supplicant RADIUS issue

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2025
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Important security enhancement for wpa_supplicant addressing a vulnerability in RADIUS protocol. Update your systems promptly to maintain security standards.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-24912: Fixed hostapd failing to process crafted RADIUS packets

properly (bsc#1239461)

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security advisory moderate security update wpa_supplicant openSUSE RADIUS issue

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-977=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-977=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-977=1

Package List

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* wpa_supplicant-2.10-150600.7.6.1

* wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.10-150600.7.6.1

* wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.10-150600.7.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.10-150600.7.6.1

* wpa_supplicant-2.10-150600.7.6.1

* wpa_supplicant-gui-2.10-150600.7.6.1

* wpa_supplicant-gui-debuginfo-2.10-150600.7.6.1

* wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.10-150600.7.6.1

References

* bsc#1239461

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24912.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239461

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0977-1
Release Date: 2025-03-21T08:26:03Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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security advisory moderate security update wpa_supplicant openSUSE RADIUS issue

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