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Ubuntu: 4136-1 Critical: wpa_supplicant Denial of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey September 18, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-4145-1 outlines a critical flaw in the openSSL package that demands urgent action from users.
wpa_supplicant could be made to be disconnected and require reconnection to the network if it received a specially crafted management frame.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu wpa_supplicant hostapd

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04: hostapd 2:2.6-21ubuntu3.3 wpasupplicant 2:2.6-21ubuntu3.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: hostapd 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.5 wpasupplicant 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.5 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: hostapd 1:2.4-0ubuntu6.6 wpasupplicant 2.4-0ubuntu6.6 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4136-1

CVE-2019-16275

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September 18, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu wpa_supplicant hostapd

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2:2.6-21ubuntu3.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2:2.6-15ubuntu2.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.4-0ubuntu6.6

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