USN-4098-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability
USN-4098-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability wpa vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description wpa – client support for WPA and WPA2 Details It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd were vulnerable to a side channel attack against EAP-pwd. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover certain passwords. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 hostapd – 2:2.6-21ubuntu3.2 wpasupplicant – 2:2.6-21ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS hostapd – 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4 wpasupplicant – 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2019-13377 Source: USN-4098-1: wpa_supplicant [ more… ]
