SUSE-SU-2018:3480-1

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Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:3480-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:3480-1
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Published
2018-10-26T08:16:07Z
Modified
2018-10-26T08:16:07Z
Summary
Security update for wpa_supplicant
Details

This update for wpa_supplicant provides the following fixes:

This security issues was fixe:

  • CVE-2018-14526: Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages was not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client could have abused the vulnerability to recover sensitive information (bsc#1104205)

These non-security issues were fixed:

  • Fix reading private key passwords from the configuration file. (bsc#1099835)
  • Enable PWD as EAP method. This allows for password-based authentication, which is easier to setup than most of the other methods, and is used by the Eduroam network. (bsc#1109209)
  • compile eapoltest binary to allow testing via radius proxy and server (note: this does not match CONFIGEAPOLTEST which sets -Werror and activates an assert call inside the code of wpasupplicant) (bsc#1111873), (fate#326725)
  • Enabled timestamps in log file when being invoked by systemd service file (bsc#1080798).
  • Fixes the default file permissions of the debug log file to more sane values, i.e. it is no longer world-readable (bsc#1098854).
  • Open the debug log file with O_CLOEXEC, which will prevent file descriptor leaking to child processes (bsc#1098854).
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 / wpa_supplicant

Package

Name
wpa_supplicant
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6-4.11.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "wpa_supplicant": "2.6-4.11.1"
        }
    ]
}