[ GLSA 201606-17 ] hostapd and wpa_supplicant

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: hostapd and wpa_supplicant: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201606-17)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: June 27, 2016
Bug(s): #524928, #547492, #548742, #548744, #554860, #554862
ID: 201606-17

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in hostapd and
wpa_supplicant, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or
cause Denial of Service.


Background

wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE
802.11i / RSN). hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and
authentication servers.


Affected Packages

Package: net-wireless/hostapd
Vulnerable: < 2.5
Unaffected: >= 2.5
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: net-wireless/wpa_supplicant
Vulnerable: < 2.5-r1
Unaffected: >= 2.5-r1
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in both hostapd and wpa_supplicant.
Please review the CVE identifiers for more information.


Impact

Remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
process or cause Denial of Service.


Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All hostapd users should upgrade to the latest version: