Red Hat Security Advisory: wpa_supplicant security, bug fix, and enhancement update
An update for wpa_supplicant is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-0326US | high7.5 | Exploit | ||
In p2p_copy_client_info of p2p.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote code execution if the target device is performing… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.4_release_notes/external
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686self
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderateexternal
- 1693684external
- 1888050external
- 1888718external
- 1916394external
- 1925152external
remediations (26)
- Fixedwpa_supplicant-1:2.9-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-1:2.9-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-1:2.9-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-1:2.9-5.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-1:2.9-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:2.9-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:2.9-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:2.9-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:2.9-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-debugsource-1:2.9-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-debugsource-1:2.9-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-debugsource-1:2.9-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Fixedwpa_supplicant-debugsource-1:2.9-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1686 - Workaroundwpa_supplicant-1:2.9-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-1:2.9-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-1:2.9-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-1:2.9-5.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-1:2.9-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:2.9-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:2.9-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:2.9-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:2.9-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-debugsource-1:2.9-5.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-debugsource-1:2.9-5.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-debugsource-1:2.9-5.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
- Workaroundwpa_supplicant-debugsource-1:2.9-5.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
Disable Wi-Fi P2P support (Wi-Fi Direct) if not needed, by using the control interface command "P2P_SET disabled 1" or setting "p2p_disabled=1" in wpa_supplicant configuration file.
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