A wpa_supplicant security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current.
slackware-security: wpa_supplicant (SSA:2021-362-01)
[slackware-security] wpa_supplicant (SSA:2021-362-01)
New wpa_supplicant packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2,
and -current to fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.9-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes the following security issues:
AP mode PMF disconnection protection bypass.
UPnP SUBSCRIBE misbehavior in hostapd WPS AP.
P2P group information processing vulnerability.
P2P provision discovery processing vulnerability.
ASN.1: Validate DigestAlgorithmIdentifier parameters.
Flush pending control interface message for an interface to be removed.
These issues could result in a denial-of-service, privilege escalation,
arbitrary code execution, or other unexpected behavior.
Thanks to nobodino for pointing out the patches.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-0326
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-0535
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12695
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16275
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-27803
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-30004
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
( http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.9-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.9-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.9-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.9-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.9-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.9-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/wpa_supplicant-2.9-i586-8.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/wpa_supplicant-2.9-x86_64-8.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
c7f924f06b8d72768571d8304f5c37e7 wpa_supplicant-2.9-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
993052fe0c17c01c57a68f1e7ead6254 wpa_supplicant-2.9-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
fa383478bd07b1e7ae7d86b253b21375 wpa_supplicant-2.9-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
200d9c2a29cb6fa65ac997ce2e585dbd wpa_supplicant-2.9-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
dcdc508c0b81f2101786ce35fc083c7b wpa_supplicant-2.9-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
50e4302b46ba90b9b6801c68b5f9a155 wpa_supplicant-2.9-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
ca90b2f1ab0b20a3001a02269528dd78 n/wpa_supplicant-2.9-i586-8.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
34e0822856e122fbbfbd9c5bbffd6762 n/wpa_supplicant-2.9-x86_64-8.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg wpa_supplicant-2.9-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
