Security update for wpa_supplicant

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1125-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-30004 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2021-30004 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2021-30004: Fixed an issue where forging attacks might have occured because AlgorithmIdentifier parameters were mishandled in tls/pkcs1.c and tls/x509v3.c (bsc#1184348)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-1125=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-1125=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-1125=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.9-23.12.1
    • wpa_supplicant-2.9-23.12.1
    • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.9-23.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.9-23.12.1
    • wpa_supplicant-2.9-23.12.1
    • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.9-23.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.9-23.12.1
    • wpa_supplicant-2.9-23.12.1
    • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.9-23.12.1

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