[ GLSA 200502-22 ] wpa_supplicant: Buffer overflow vulnerability

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-22
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: wpa_supplicant: Buffer overflow vulnerability
      Date: February 16, 2005
      Bugs: #81993
        ID: 200502-22

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Synopsis
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wpa_supplicant contains a buffer overflow that could lead to a Denial
of Service.

Background
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wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE
802.11i / RSN).

Affected packages
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     Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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  1 net-wireless/wpa_supplicant < 0.2.7 >= 0.2.7

Description
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wpa_supplicant contains a possible buffer overflow due to the lacking
validation of received EAPOL-Key frames.

Impact
======

An attacker could cause the crash of wpa_supplicant using a specially
crafted packet.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.2.7"

References
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  [ 1 ] wpa_supplicant Announcement
        http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2005-February/009465.html

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-22.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security_at_gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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