-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2014:211 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : wpa_supplicant Date : October 29, 2014 Affected: Business Server 1.0 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3686 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.html _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFUUI93mqjQ0CJFipgRAlnvAKD14RPvyI2U95/dswWEBog98B+tDgCgv314 qSApshV8g+vY6lXWVNWXX30= =mRqF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----