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Debian 2024: DSA-5739-1 Critical Local Escalation In WPA Supplicant

Rory McNamara reported a local privilege escalation in wpasupplicant: A user able to escalate to the netdev group can load arbitrary shared object files in the context of the wpa_supplicant process running as root. . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5739-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso August 06, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : wpa CVE ID : CVE-2024-5290 Rory McNamara reported a local privilege escalation in wpasupplicant: A user able to escalate to the netdev group can load arbitrary shared object files in the context of the wpa_supplicant process running as root. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2. For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2:2.10-12+deb12u2. We recommend that you upgrade your wpa packages. For the detailed security status of wpa please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wpa Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Enhance your system's security by updating wpa components following the local privilege escalation issues in wpasupplicant, as detailed in Debian advisory DSA-5739-1.. Debian Security, Local Escalation, WPA Update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Debian 9: DLA-2581-1 Critical Advisory on WPA Supplicant DoS Risk

A vulnerability was discovered in how p2p/p2p_pd.c in wpa_supplicant before 2.10 processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. It could result in denial of service or other impact (potentially execution of arbitrary code), for an attacker within radio range. . - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2581-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta March 03, 2021 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : wpa Version : 2:2.4-1+deb9u9 CVE ID : CVE-2021-27803 A vulnerability was discovered in how p2p/p2p_pd.c in wpa_supplicant before 2.10 processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. It could result in denial of service or other impact (potentially execution of arbitrary code), for an attacker within radio range. For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2:2.4-1+deb9u9. We recommend that you upgrade your wpa packages. For the detailed security status of wpa please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wpa 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 . WPA supplicant encounters potential threat of service disruption; Debian users are advised to apply updates in accordance with security notice DLA-2582-1. Debian Security Update,WPA Supplicant,Denial Of Service,LTS Advisory. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Fedora 33: FEDORA-2021-5f268ab238 Moderate P2P Threat Update

security fix for CVE-2021-0326 see also: https://w1.fi/security/2020-2/. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2021-5f268ab238 2021-02-07 01:31:59.042697 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : wpa_supplicant Product : Fedora 33 Version : 2.9 Release : 7.fc33 URL : http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/ 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: security fix for CVE-2021-0326 see also: https://w1.fi/security/2020-2/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Thu Feb 4 2021 Davide Caratti - 1:2.9-7 - Fix copying of secondary device types for P2P group client (CVE-2021-0326) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1925152 - CVE-2021-0326 wpa_supplicant: P2P group information processing vulnerability https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925152 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-5f268ab238' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . Critical vulnerability fixed in wpa_supplicant concerning CVE-2021-0326 for Fedora 33. Users should update without delay.. Linux Security,WPA Supplicant,Fedora Patch. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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