Debian DLA-1462-1 : wpa security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111618

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The following vulnerability was discovered in wpa_supplicant.

CVE-2018-14526: | An issue was discovered in rsn_supp/wpa.c in wpa_supplicant 2.0 | through 2.6. Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key | messages is not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker | within range of the Access Point and client can abuse the | vulnerability to recover sensitive information.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2.3-1+deb8u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your wpa packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111618

File Name: debian_DLA-1462.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/10/2018

Updated: 8/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14526

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wpagui, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hostapd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wpasupplicant, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wpasupplicant-udeb

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14526

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