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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1065-1 (hostapd)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to hostapd announced via advisory DSA 1065-1. Matteo Rosi and Leonardo Maccari discovered that hostapd, a wifi network authenticator daemon, performs insufficient boundary checks on a key length value, which might be exploited to crash the service. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain hostapd packages.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.3.7-2sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5-1. We recommend that you upgrade your hostapd package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201065-1