Security update for wpa_supplicant

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1013-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

wpa_supplicant was updated to fix three security issues:

  • CVE-2015-0210: wpa_supplicant: broken certificate subject check this adds the "domain_match" config option from upstream (additional to the already existing domain_suffix_match)
  • CVE-2014-3686: hostapd command execution
  • CVE-2015-1863: P2P SSID processing vulnerability

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 Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-244=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-244=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-244=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.2-8.1
    • wpa_supplicant-2.2-8.1
    • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.2-8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.2-8.1
    • wpa_supplicant-2.2-8.1
    • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.2-8.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.2-8.1
    • wpa_supplicant-2.2-8.1
    • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.2-8.1

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