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Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, 14.04 LTS: 3745-1 Critical: wpa_supplicant Exposure

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical vulnerabilities may allow exposure of sensitive information via specially designed messages sent to wpa_supplicant and hostapd on Ubuntu. Ensure your systems are updated immediately!
wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to expose sensitiveinformation if it received a crafted message.

Summary

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security advisory critical information exposure ubuntu wpa_supplicant network threat hostapd

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:   hostapd                         2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1   wpasupplicant                   2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:   hostapd                         2.4-0ubuntu6.3   wpasupplicant                   2.4-0ubuntu6.3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:   hostapd                         2.1-0ubuntu1.6   wpasupplicant                   2.1-0ubuntu1.6 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3745-1

  CVE-2018-14526

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August 20, 2018

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security advisory critical information exposure ubuntu wpa_supplicant network threat hostapd

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.4-0ubuntu6.3   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu1.6

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