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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2007.1008 -- [Linux] Updated wpa_supplicant package fixes remote denial of service 14 December 2007 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: wpa_supplicant 0.6.0 and earlier Publisher: Mandriva Linux Operating System: Linux variants Impact: Denial of Service Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2007-6025 Original Bulletin: http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:245 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Mandriva. It is recommended that administrators running wpa_supplicant check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. This vulnerability does not appear to affect Red Hat Linux. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:245 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : wpa_supplicant Date : December 13, 2007 Affected: 2008.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: Stack-based buffer overflow in driver_wext.c in wpa_supplicant 0.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted TSF data. Updated package fixes this issue. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6025 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Linux 2008.0: 80c2dc52d42fb324f6ff90fcfe02b9fa 2008.0/i586/wpa_gui-0.6.0-1.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 0ec22d8e71719af986748a86ee4063ce 2008.0/i586/wpa_supplicant-0.6.0-1.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 18581ca13cf1758016bfaf52a0ea4992 2008.0/SRPMS/wpa_supplicant-0.6.0-1.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64: 677b536c2f630585c2df72a832aee497 2008.0/x86_64/wpa_gui-0.6.0-1.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 0c87ce95a9432518480ccdc7eed168bb 2008.0/x86_64/wpa_supplicant-0.6.0-1.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 18581ca13cf1758016bfaf52a0ea4992 2008.0/SRPMS/wpa_supplicant-0.6.0-1.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team <security*mandriva.com> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHYXedmqjQ0CJFipgRAhPNAJsH5R9sOhbryDMXZr2ZidM6EofWewCg2CHm DI6aimKhL9T+IazFIlxpxkk= =Ue4m - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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