Tuesday, August 6, 2024

[USN-6945-1] wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability

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==========================================================================  Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6945-1  August 06, 2024    wpa vulnerability  ==========================================================================    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:    - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS  - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS  - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS  - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS  - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS  - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS    Summary:    wpa_supplicant could be made to run programs as an administrator with  specially crafted configuration file.    Software Description:  - wpa: client support for WPA and WPA2    Details:    Rory McNamara discovered that wpa_supplicant could be made to load   arbitrary shared objects by unprivileged users that have access to  the control interface. An attacker could use this to escalate privileges  to root.    Update instructions:    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following  package versions:    Ubuntu 24.04 LTS    wpasupplicant                   2:2.10-21ubuntu0.1    Ubuntu 22.04 LTS    wpasupplicant                   2:2.10-6ubuntu2.1    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS    wpasupplicant                   2:2.9-1ubuntu4.4    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS    wpasupplicant                   2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8+esm1    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS    wpasupplicant                   2.4-0ubuntu6.8+esm1    Ubuntu 14.04 LTS    wpasupplicant                   2.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm5    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.    References:    https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1    CVE-2024-5290, https://launchpad.net/bugs/2067613    Package Information:    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2:2.10-21ubuntu0.1    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2:2.10-6ubuntu2.1    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2:2.9-1ubuntu4.4    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8+esm1    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.4-0ubuntu6.8+esm1    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm5    

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