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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-22
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: wpa_supplicant: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date: February 16, 2005
Bugs: #81993
ID: 200502-22
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Synopsis
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wpa_supplicant contains a buffer overflow that could lead to a Denial
of Service.
Background
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wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE
802.11i / RSN).
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-wireless/wpa_supplicant < 0.2.7 >= 0.2.7
Description
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wpa_supplicant contains a possible buffer overflow due to the lacking
validation of received EAPOL-Key frames.
Impact
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An attacker could cause the crash of wpa_supplicant using a specially
crafted packet.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.2.7"
References
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[ 1 ] wpa_supplicant Announcement
http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2005-February/009465.html
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-22.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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