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Fedora Core 5: Wireless Connectivity Fix for wpa_supplicant Driver Issues

This update works around older and 3rd-party drivers that report wireless network names incorrectly, causing wpa_supplicant to prematurely terminate a wireless connection.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2006-264 2006-04-03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------Product : Fedora Core 5 Name : wpa_supplicant Version : 0.4.8 Release : 7.fc5 Summary : WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant Description : wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan driver. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This update works around older and 3rd-party drivers that report wireless network names incorrectly, causing wpa_supplicant to prematurely terminate a wireless connection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Sun Apr 2 2006 Dan Williams - 0.4.8-7 - Work around older & incorrect drivers that return null-terminated SSIDs ---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from: 2c44fd857138c0274904925cbf98f908bf8be403 SRPMS/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.src.rpm d6ee34e13d647000b58876d5038a3cd819fb84b7 ppc/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm 09dd66eea2868cf8a3bcf6a97db6c95acf135ab4 ppc/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm 5f24b38d407bdbd8ea24919055d1b1d74038222e ppc/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm 6e10a585572c1441ef50d00ada4bb04c32e0328f x86_64/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm b31cd1cc517fd498ae2bef6d1471eafb97790d49 x86_64/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm e97025c608ad4bd3dbf268c6dd032639e984040c x86_64/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm 68b4011d34e5575cf7362ab93c05e2061fd759b4 i386/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm d6e5d53f85f7098375ef17087a28f1fe12b61fdc i386/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm 6b3437edbe7a889c2edaa945f37cbc491e7eb655 i386/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- fedora-announce-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The latest patch for wpa_supplicant in Fedora Core 5 resolves issues related to inaccurate wireless data reporting on legacy drivers.. wireless connectivity issues, wpa_supplicant update, Fedora Core 5 fix, driver compatibility, network security. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 03, 2006 •Important Fedora