========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3745-1 August 20, 2018 wpa vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: wpa_supplicant and hostapd could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a crafted message. Software Description: - wpa: client support for WPA and WPA2 Details: It was discovered that wpa_supplicant and hostapd incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: hostapd 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1 wpasupplicant 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: hostapd 2.4-0ubuntu6.3 wpasupplicant 2.4-0ubuntu6.3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: hostapd 2.1-0ubuntu1.6 wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu1.6 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3745-1 CVE-2018-14526 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2:2.6-15ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.4-0ubuntu6.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/2.1-0ubuntu1.6