Security update for wpa_supplicant

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2305-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2015-4141: WPS UPnP vulnerability with HTTP chunked transfer encoding. (bnc#930077)
  • CVE-2015-4142: Integer underflow in AP mode WMM Action frame processing. (bnc#930078)
  • CVE-2015-4143: EAP-pwd missing payload length validation. (bnc#930079)
  • CVE-2015-5310: Ignore Key Data in WNM Sleep Mode Response frame if no PMF in use. (bsc#952254)
  • CVE-2015-8041: Fix payload length validation in NDEF record parser. (bsc#937419)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1351=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1351=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1351=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • wpa_supplicant-2.2-14.2
    • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.2-14.2
    • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.2-14.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • wpa_supplicant-2.2-14.2
    • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.2-14.2
    • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.2-14.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • wpa_supplicant-2.2-14.2
    • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.2-14.2
    • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.2-14.2

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