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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703052
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian Security Advisory DSA 3052-1 (wpa - security update)
Summary:Jouni Malinen discovered an input sanitization issue in the wpa_cli and;hostapd_cli tools included in the wpa package. A remote wifi system;within range could provide a crafted string triggering arbitrary code;execution running with privileges of the affected wpa_cli or hostapd_cli;process.
Description:Summary:
Jouni Malinen discovered an input sanitization issue in the wpa_cli and
hostapd_cli tools included in the wpa package. A remote wifi system
within range could provide a crafted string triggering arbitrary code
execution running with privileges of the affected wpa_cli or hostapd_cli
process.

Affected Software/OS:
wpa on Debian Linux

Solution:
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0-3+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wpa packages.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-3686
BugTraq ID: 70396
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70396
Debian Security Information: DSA-3052 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3052
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-17
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:120
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/09/28
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1956
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1956.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60366
http://secunia.com/advisories/60428
http://secunia.com/advisories/61271
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2014:1356 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00000.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1313 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00027.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1314 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00028.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2383-1
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