MGASA-2021-0254 - Updated wpa_supplicant, hostapd packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 13 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0254.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8
CVE: CVE-2021-30004

The wpa_supplicant and hostapd packages are updated to fix a forging attacks
that may occur because AlgorithmIdentifier parameters are mishandled in tls/pkcs1.c and tls/x509v3.c. (CVE-2021-30004).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29046
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/EXT3Y5NEGCCPGZ7FTYURPUBTHNNJA6MF/
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/4XPNZHCXJ32COQGQ62HNGD6DHPO5E552/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-30004

SRPMS:
- 8/core/wpa_supplicant-2.9-8.2.mga8
- 8/core/hostapd-2.9-5.1.mga8
- 7/core/wpa_supplicant-2.9-1.5.mga7
- 7/core/hostapd-2.9-1.3.mga7

Mageia 2021-0254: wpa_supplicant, hostapd security update

The wpa_supplicant and hostapd packages are updated to fix a forging attacks that may occur because AlgorithmIdentifier parameters are mishandled in tls/pkcs1.c and tls/x509v3.c

Summary

The wpa_supplicant and hostapd packages are updated to fix a forging attacks that may occur because AlgorithmIdentifier parameters are mishandled in tls/pkcs1.c and tls/x509v3.c. (CVE-2021-30004).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29046

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/EXT3Y5NEGCCPGZ7FTYURPUBTHNNJA6MF/

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/4XPNZHCXJ32COQGQ62HNGD6DHPO5E552/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-30004

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0254 - Updated wpa_supplicant, hostapd packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/wpa_supplicant-2.9-8.2.mga8

- 8/core/hostapd-2.9-5.1.mga8

- 7/core/wpa_supplicant-2.9-1.5.mga7

- 7/core/hostapd-2.9-1.3.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 13 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0254.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-30004

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