A wpa_supplicant security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2.

openSUSE-SU-2021:0404-1: important: Security update for wpa_supplicant

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for wpa_supplicant
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0404-1
Rating: important
References: #1182805
Cross-References: CVE-2021-27803
CVSS scores:
CVE-2021-27803 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2021-27803 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-27803: Fixed a P2P provision discovery processing vulnerability
(bsc#1182805).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-404=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

wpa_supplicant-2.9-lp152.8.9.1
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.9-lp152.8.9.1
wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.9-lp152.8.9.1
wpa_supplicant-gui-2.9-lp152.8.9.1
wpa_supplicant-gui-debuginfo-2.9-lp152.8.9.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27803.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182805