Debian: Security Advisory for wpa (DSA-4898-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the 'wpa' package(s) announced via the DSA-4898-1 advisory.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in wpa_supplicant and hostapd. CVE-2020-12695 It was discovered that hostapd does not properly handle UPnP subscribe messages under certain conditions, allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service. CVE-2021-0326 It was discovered that wpa_supplicant does not properly process P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) group information from active group owners. An attacker within radio range of the device running P2P could take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-27803 It was discovered that wpa_supplicant does not properly process P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. An attacker within radio range of the device running P2P could take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.

'wpa' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u3. We recommend that you upgrade your wpa packages.