Advisories ยป MGASA-2017-0379

Updated wpa_supplicant and hostapd packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 19 Oct 2017
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 5 , 6
CVE: CVE-2017-13077 , CVE-2017-13078 , CVE-2017-13079 , CVE-2017-13080 , CVE-2017-13081 , CVE-2017-13082 , CVE-2017-13086 , CVE-2017-13087 , CVE-2017-13088

Description

Mathy Vanhoef discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly
handled WPA2. A remote attacker could use this issue with key
reinstallation attacks to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-13077,
CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081,
CVE-2017-13082, CVE-2017-13086, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088)
                

References

SRPMS

6/core

5/core