========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2577-1 April 23, 2015 wpa vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: wpa_supplicant could be made to crash, expose memory, or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - wpa: client support for WPA and WPA2 Details: It was discovered that wpa_supplicant incorrectly handled SSID information when creating or updating P2P peer entries. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause wpa_supplicant to crash, resulting in a denial of service, expose memory contents, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu1.2 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2577-1 CVE-2015-1863 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu4.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu1.2