=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2650-1
June 16, 2015

wpa, wpasupplicant vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to crash if they received
specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
- wpa: client support for WPA and WPA2
- wpasupplicant: client support for WPA and WPA2

Details:

Kostya Kortchinsky discovered multiple flaws in wpa_supplicant and hostapd.
A remote attacker could use these issues to cause wpa_supplicant or hostapd
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-4141, CVE-2015-4142,
CVE-2015-4143, CVE-2015-4144, CVE-2015-4145, CVE-2015-4146)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
  hostapd                         2.1-0ubuntu7.2
  wpasupplicant                   2.1-0ubuntu7.2

Ubuntu 14.10:
  hostapd                         2.1-0ubuntu4.2
  wpasupplicant                   2.1-0ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  hostapd                         2.1-0ubuntu1.3
  wpasupplicant                   2.1-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  wpasupplicant                   0.7.3-6ubuntu2.4

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2650-1
  CVE-2015-4141, CVE-2015-4142, CVE-2015-4143, CVE-2015-4144,
  CVE-2015-4145, CVE-2015-4146

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu7.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu4.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu1.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/0.7.3-6ubuntu2.4


Ubuntu 2650-1: wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerabilities

June 16, 2015
wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to crash if they received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: hostapd 2.1-0ubuntu7.2 wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu7.2 Ubuntu 14.10: hostapd 2.1-0ubuntu4.2 wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: hostapd 2.1-0ubuntu1.3 wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: wpasupplicant 0.7.3-6ubuntu2.4 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2650-1

CVE-2015-4141, CVE-2015-4142, CVE-2015-4143, CVE-2015-4144,

CVE-2015-4145, CVE-2015-4146

Severity
June 16, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu7.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu4.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/0.7.3-6ubuntu2.4

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