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openSUSE Security Update : hostapd (openSUSE-2019-839)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 123352

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

hostapd was updated to fix following security issue :

 - CVE-2018-14526: Ignore unauthenticated encrypted EAPOL-Key data (bsc#1104205)

Solution

Update the affected hostapd packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1104205

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 123352

File Name: openSUSE-2019-839.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2019

Updated: 6/10/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hostapd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hostapd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hostapd-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14526