An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: Security update for wpa_supplicant ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1345-1 Rating: moderate References: #1104205 #1109209 Cross-References: CVE-2018-14526 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available. Description: This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-14526: Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages was not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client could have abused the vulnerability to recover sensitive information (bsc#1104205). This non-security issue was fixed: - Enabled PWD as EAP method. This allows for password-based authentication, which is easier to setup than most of the other methods, and is used by the Eduroam network (bsc#1109209). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 42.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1345=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64): wpa_supplicant-2.6-16.1 wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.6-16.1 wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.6-16.1 wpa_supplicant-gui-2.6-16.1 wpa_supplicant-gui-debuginfo-2.6-16.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14526.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1104205 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1109209 -- . An upgrade for wpa_supplicant on openSUSEaddresses a cryptographic vulnerability and enhances the security protocols used for authentication.. openSUSE Security Update,wpa_supplicant Patch,moderate Security Advisory. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
An update that solves one vulnerability and has 5 fixes is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: Security update for wpa_supplicant ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:3539-1 Rating: moderate References: #1080798 #1098854 #1099835 #1104205 #1109209 #1111873 Cross-References: CVE-2018-14526 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has 5 fixes is now available. Description: This update for wpa_supplicant provides the following fixes: This security issues was fixe: - CVE-2018-14526: Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages was not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client could have abused the vulnerability to recover sensitive information (bsc#1104205) These non-security issues were fixed: - Fix reading private key passwords from the configuration file. (bsc#1099835) - Enable PWD as EAP method. This allows for password-based authentication, which is easier to setup than most of the other methods, and is used by the Eduroam network. (bsc#1109209) - compile eapol_test binary to allow testing via radius proxy and server (note: this does not match CONFIG_EAPOL_TEST which sets -Werror and activates an assert call inside the code of wpa_supplicant) (bsc#1111873), (fate#326725) - Enabled timestamps in log file when being invoked by systemd service file (bsc#1080798). - Fixes the default file permissions of the debug log file to more sane values, i.e. it is no longer world-readable (bsc#1098854). - Open the debug log file with O_CLOEXEC, which will prevent file descriptor leaking to child processes (bsc#1098854). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update updateproject. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 15.0: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1316=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64): wpa_supplicant-2.6-lp150.3.6.1 wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.6-lp150.3.6.1 wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.6-lp150.3.6.1 wpa_supplicant-gui-2.6-lp150.3.6.1 wpa_supplicant-gui-debuginfo-2.6-lp150.3.6.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14526.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080798 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1098854 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099835 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1104205 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1109209 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111873 -- . The most recent openSUSE Security Patch for wpa_supplicant resolves a decryption oracle vulnerability along with five other important corrections.. openSUSE Updates, WPA Supplicant Security, Network Security Fixes. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
The following vulnerability was discovered in wpa_supplicant. CVE-2018-14526: | An issue was discovered in rsn_supp/wpa.c in wpa_supplicant 2.0 . Package : wpa Version : 2.3-1+deb8u6 CVE ID : CVE-2018-14526 Debian Bug : 905739 The following vulnerability was discovered in wpa_supplicant. CVE-2018-14526: | An issue was discovered in rsn_supp/wpa.c in wpa_supplicant 2.0 | through 2.6. Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key | messages is not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker | within range of the Access Point and client can abuse the | vulnerability to recover sensitive information. For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version 2.3-1+deb8u6. We recommend that you upgrade your wpa packages. Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS. - -- Andrej Shadura . To address the WPA decryption oracle vulnerability on Debian 8, upgrade the software by updating your package list and installing the latest secure version. Debian Security,WPA Supplicant,Security Update,EAPOL-Key Integrity,Information Disclosure. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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