SUSE Security Update: Security update for wpa_supplicant
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2014:1356-1
Rating:             important
References:         #868937 #900611 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-3686
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:


   This update fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in
   wpa_supplicant's wpa_cli and hostapd_cli tools. CVE-2014-3686 has been
   assigned to this issue.

   Additionally, password based authentication with PKCS#5v2 has been enabled.

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-3686
         


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-wpa_supplicant-9894

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-wpa_supplicant-9894

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-wpa_supplicant-9894

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      wpa_supplicant-0.7.1-6.15.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      wpa_supplicant-0.7.1-6.15.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):

      wpa_supplicant-0.7.1-6.15.1
      wpa_supplicant-gui-0.7.1-6.15.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3686.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868937
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=900611
   https://scc.suse.com:443/patches/