Security update for wpa_supplicant
SUSE Security Update: Security update for wpa_supplicant
This update fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in
wpa_supplicant's wpa_cli and hostapd_cli tools. CVE-2014-3686 has been
assigned to this issue.
Additionally, password based authentication with PKCS#5v2 has been enabled.
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-3686
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:1356-1 |
| Rating: | important |
| References: | #868937 #900611 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description:
This update fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in
wpa_supplicant's wpa_cli and hostapd_cli tools. CVE-2014-3686 has been
assigned to this issue.
Additionally, password based authentication with PKCS#5v2 has been enabled.
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-3686
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-wpa_supplicant-9894 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-wpa_supplicant-9894 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-wpa_supplicant-9894
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- wpa_supplicant-0.7.1-6.15.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- wpa_supplicant-0.7.1-6.15.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- wpa_supplicant-0.7.1-6.15.1
- wpa_supplicant-gui-0.7.1-6.15.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3686.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868937
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=900611
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=9f3807d02ddf4d7bc2ece4eadc5e4618