USN-3969-2: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability

9 May 2019

wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to crash if they received specially crafted network traffic.

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Releases

Packages

  • wpa - client support for WPA and WPA2

Details

USN-3969-1 fixed a vulnerability in wpa_supplicant and hostapd. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled
unexpected fragments when using EAP-pwd. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

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