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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4538-1 (wpa - security update)
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 for the 'wpa' package(s) announced via the DSA-4538-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Two vulnerabilities were found in the WPA protocol implementation found in wpa_supplication (station) and hostapd (access point). CVE-2019-13377 A timing-based side-channel attack against WPA3's Dragonfly handshake when using Brainpool curves could be used by an attacker to retrieve the password. CVE-2019-16275 Insufficient source address validation for some received Management frames in hostapd could lead to a denial of service for stations associated to an access point. An attacker in radio range of the access point could inject a specially constructed unauthenticated IEEE 802.11 frame to the access point to cause associated stations to be disconnected and require a reconnection to the network.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'wpa' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your wpa packages.