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HistoryMay 09, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability

2019-05-0900:00:00
ubuntu.com
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6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.016 Low

EPSS

Percentile

87.4%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • wpa - client support for WPA and WPA2

Details

USN-3969-1 fixed a vulnerability in wpa_supplicant and hostapd. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled
unexpected fragments when using EAP-pwd. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service.