Updated hostapd packages fix a security vulnerability

Updated hostapd packages fix security vulnerability: A vulnerability was found in hostapd that can be used to perform denial of service attacks by an attacker that is within radio range of the AP that uses hostapd for MLME/SME operations...

PT-2015-7907

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions hostapd affected versions not specified Description A vulnerability was found in hostapd that can be used to perform denial of service attacks by an attacker within radio range of the AP that uses hostapd for MLME/SME operations. Recommendatio...

Fedora 22 : wpa_supplicant-2.3-3.fc22 (2015-6898)

This update addresses a security vulnerability identified as CVE-2015-1863 . More information on this vulnerability is provided by upstream at https://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpasupplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txt . An extract : Attacker or a system controlled by the attacker needs to be within radio...

Fedora 21 : wpa_supplicant-2.0-13.fc21 (2015-6860)

This update addresses a security vulnerability identified as CVE-2015-1863 . More information on this vulnerability is provided by upstream at https://w1.fi/security/2015-1/wpasupplicant-p2p-ssid-overflow.txt . An extract : Attacker or a system controlled by the attacker needs to be within radio...

FreeBSD : wpa_supplicant -- P2P SSID processing vulnerability (cb9d2fcd-eb47-11e4-b03e-002590263bf5)

Jouni Malinen reports : A vulnerability was found in how wpasupplicant uses SSID information parsed from management frames that create or update P2P peer entries e.g., Probe Response frame or number of P2P Public Action frames. SSID field has valid length range of 0-32 octets. However, it is...

wpa_supplicant: arbitrary code execution

A vulnerability was found in how wpasupplicant uses SSID information parsed from management frames that create or update P2P peer entries e.g., Probe Response frame or number of P2P Public Action frames. SSID field has valid length range of 0-32 octets. However, it is transmitted in an element th...

wpa_supplicant -- P2P SSID processing vulnerability

Jouni Malinen reports: A vulnerability was found in how wpasupplicant uses SSID information parsed from management frames that create or update P2P peer entries e.g., Probe Response frame or number of P2P Public Action frames. SSID field has valid length range of 0-32 octets. However, it is...