Slackware 14.1: 2014-344-07 Critical: Command Execution in Wpa_Supplicant
slackware
December 11, 2014
New wpa_supplicant packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a remote command-execution vulnerability caused by a failure to adequately sanitize user-supplied input. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3686 (* Security fix *)
Topics Covered
Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-i486-4_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-x86_64-4_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 13.37 package:
2b43eae00bb9245e835d867528523c4a wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-i486-4_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
36aaddb14603ab8a45781c13ecb65c24 wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-x86_64-4_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package:
79bef8ac202aa4a5fc0631ecb7ab1210 wpa_supplicant-1.0-i486-2_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
6f00a823ed0e27b234fafb597bf2e357 wpa_supplicant-1.0-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
adf16114ad0f1b8563194098fc69d196 wpa_supplicant-2.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
dc974e09d72c233e7c5bdb736b28fe2d wpa_supplicant-2.3-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
085b106987fc33dd4f0c23f61d9be041 n/wpa_supplicant-2.3-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
aaecb38f9fb189b2a9fc0dd8973644d1 n/wpa_supplicant-2.3-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg wpa_supplicant-2.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
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