-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:120 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : wpa_supplicant Date : March 29, 2015 Affected: Business Server 2.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: Updated wpa_supplicant and hostapd packages fix security vulnerability: A vulnerability was found in the mechanism wpa_cli and hostapd_cli use for executing action scripts. An unsanitized string received from a remote device can be passed to a system() call resulting in arbitrary command execution under the privileges of the wpa_cli/hostapd_cli process (which may be root in common use cases) (CVE-2014-3686). Using the Mandriva wpa_supplicant package, systems are exposed to the vulnerability if operating as a WPS registrar. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3686 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.html _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Business Server 2/X86_64: dbd52ddc6494b7692d047d0172fcd2f1 mbs2/x86_64/wpa_supplicant-2.0-3.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm 689cc6ca178cbde9c4f176da99cc149c mbs2/SRPMS/wpa_supplicant-2.0-3.1.mbs2.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/en/support/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 v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFVF7zRmqjQ0CJFipgRAsX8AJ9UChM53X1dsWe7+OjNMfHmGX5WUACfTVxj wjMmceG2pPxgGXEp3CVopjc= =SEAG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
