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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-120

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-120
Posted Mar 30, 2015
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-120 - 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 Mandriva 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 | ce79535d525247ae701a512f6701feaf970e965a4ae177cdd17bfbae1cfeae0b

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-120

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:120
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : wpa_supplicant
Date : March 29, 2015
Affected: Business Server 2.0
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Problem Description:

Updated wpa_supplicant and hostapd 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 Mandriva 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 2/X86_64:
dbd52ddc6494b7692d047d0172fcd2f1 mbs2/x86_64/wpa_supplicant-2.0-3.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
689cc6ca178cbde9c4f176da99cc149c mbs2/SRPMS/wpa_supplicant-2.0-3.1.mbs2.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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