RedHat: RHSA-2021-1686:01 Moderate: wpa_supplicant security, bug fix,
Summary
The wpa_supplicant packages contain an 802.1X Supplicant with support for
WEP, WPA, WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN), and various EAP authentication
methods. They implement key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator for client
stations and controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication and
association of the WLAN driver.
Security Fix(es):
* wpa_supplicant: P2P group information processing vulnerability
(CVE-2021-0326)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-0326 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.4_release_notes/
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source:
wpa_supplicant-2.9-5.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
wpa_supplicant-2.9-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.9-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.9-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
wpa_supplicant-2.9-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.9-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.9-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
wpa_supplicant-2.9-5.el8.s390x.rpm
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.9-5.el8.s390x.rpm
wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.9-5.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
wpa_supplicant-2.9-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.9-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.9-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for wpa_supplicant is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1693684 - incorrect handling of p2p_listen (always use p2p_long_listen)
1888050 - Wlan's in a bridge won't do authentication properly when operating in AP mode
1888718 - RFE: export support for OWE via d-bus
1916394 - [RFE] Add WPA-EAP-SUITE-B-192 (WPA3-Enterprise)
1925152 - CVE-2021-0326 wpa_supplicant: P2P group information processing vulnerability
