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Ubuntu 2650-1: wpa_supplicant And Hostapd Crash Due To Network Traffic

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Calendar Grey June 16, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2650-1 highlights critical updates for vulnerabilities in wpa_supplicant and hostapd, urging immediate action for user protection
wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to crash if they received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu update instructions wpa_supplicant crash issue hostapd

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: hostapd 2.1-0ubuntu7.2 wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu7.2 Ubuntu 14.10: hostapd 2.1-0ubuntu4.2 wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: hostapd 2.1-0ubuntu1.3 wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: wpasupplicant 0.7.3-6ubuntu2.4 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2650-1

CVE-2015-4141, CVE-2015-4142, CVE-2015-4143, CVE-2015-4144,

CVE-2015-4145, CVE-2015-4146

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June 16, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu update instructions wpa_supplicant crash issue hostapd

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu7.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu4.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/0.7.3-6ubuntu2.4

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