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SUSE 11 SP3: 2014:1356-1 Important: Remote Code Execution in wpa_supplicant

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Calendar Grey November 4, 2014
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SUSE has released a security update for the wpa_supplicant package to rectify a serious remote code execution vulnerability, complete with installation guidelines.
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Summary

This update fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in wpa_supplicant's wpa_cli and hostapd_cli tools. CVE-2014-3686 has been assigned to this issue. Additionally, password based authentication with PKCS#5v2 has been enabled. Security Issues: * CVE-2014-3686 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp3-wpa_supplicant-9894 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-wpa_supplicant-9894 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sledsp3-wpa_supplicant-9894 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update remote code execution SUSE wpa_supplicant

References

#868937 #900611

Cross- CVE-2014-3686

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3686.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868937

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=900611

https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1356-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update remote code execution SUSE wpa_supplicant

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