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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-211

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-211
Posted Oct 29, 2014
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-211 - A vulnerability was found in the mechanism wpa_cli and hostapd_cli use for executing action scripts. An unsanitized string received from a remote device can be passed to a system() call resulting in arbitrary command execution under the privileges of the wpa_cli/hostapd_cli process (which may be root in common use cases. Using the wpa_supplicant package, systems are exposed to the vulnerability if operating as a WPS registrar.

tags | advisory, remote, arbitrary, root
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2014-3686
SHA-256 | 8619ba2bae6b067797e91bc86b72d26d9bce9183aca7bbedd6fa6eb909629efb

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2014-211

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2014:211
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : wpa_supplicant
Date : October 29, 2014
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated wpa_supplicant packages fix security vulnerability:

A vulnerability was found in the mechanism wpa_cli and hostapd_cli use
for executing action scripts. An unsanitized string received from a
remote device can be passed to a system() call resulting in arbitrary
command execution under the privileges of the wpa_cli/hostapd_cli
process (which may be root in common use cases) (CVE-2014-3686).

Using the wpa_supplicant package, systems are exposed to the
vulnerability if operating as a WPS registrar.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3686
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
ced7370f763cfcd719993bbff7c26b39 mbs1/x86_64/wpa_supplicant-1.0-3.1.mbs1.x86_64.rpm
14843754579e3f57c239725935cb62cb mbs1/SRPMS/wpa_supplicant-1.0-3.1.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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