USN-3745-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability
20 August 2018
wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a crafted message.
Releases
Packages
- wpa - client support for WPA and WPA2
Details
It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled certain
messages. An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.