wpa vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software Description
It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd were vulnerable to a side channel attack against EAP-pwd. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover certain passwords.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
hostapd - 2:2.6-21ubuntu3.2
wpasupplicant - 2:2.6-21ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
hostapd - 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4
wpasupplicant - 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software Description
- wpa - client support for WPA and WPA2
It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd were vulnerable to a side channel attack against EAP-pwd. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to recover certain passwords.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
hostapd - 2:2.6-21ubuntu3.2
wpasupplicant - 2:2.6-21ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
hostapd - 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4
wpasupplicant - 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...
