Advisories » MGASA-2015-0216

Updated hostapd packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 12 May 2015
Modification date: 12 May 2015
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 4

Description

Updated hostapd packages fix security vulnerability:

A vulnerability was found in hostapd that can be used to perform denial of
service attacks by an attacker that is within radio range of the AP that 
uses hostapd for MLME/SME operations.
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15876
• http://w1.fi/security/2015-3/integer-underflow-in-ap-mode-wmm-action-frame.txt

SRPMS

4/core

• hostapd-2.0-2.2.mga4