Executive Summary

Summary
Title wpa_supplicant and hostapd vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3745-1 First vendor Publication 2018-08-20
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-08-20
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 3.3 Attack Range Adjacent network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 6.5 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a crafted message.

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

Details:

It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: ﾃつ hostapdﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1 ﾃつ wpasupplicantﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: ﾃつ hostapdﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.4-0ubuntu6.3 ﾃつ wpasupplicantﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.4-0ubuntu6.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: ﾃつ hostapdﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.1-0ubuntu1.6 ﾃつ wpasupplicantﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ ﾃつ 2.1-0ubuntu1.6

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

References: ﾃつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3745-1 ﾃつ CVE-2018-14526

Package Information: ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.4-0ubuntu6.3 ﾃつ https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu1.6

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3745-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 39
Os 3
Os 1

Nessusﾂｮ Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-41dfadd21a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-12-10 Name : The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.
File : al2_ALAS-2018-1122.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-11-16 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2018-3107.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-27 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1317.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-27 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1318.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-c43c1ee06f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-15 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_6bedc8639fbe11e8945f206a8a720317.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-10 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1462.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2018-10-17 21:22:14
  • Multiple Updates
2018-08-20 21:19:49
  • First insertion