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Fedora 33 : 1:wpa_supplicant (2021-5f268ab238)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146289

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-5f268ab238 advisory.

 - In p2p_copy_client_info of p2p.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check.
 This could lead to remote code execution if the target device is performing a Wi-Fi Direct search, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:
 AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-8.1 Android-9Android ID: A-172937525 (CVE-2021-0326)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected 1:wpa_supplicant package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-5f268ab238

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146289

File Name: fedora_2021-5f268ab238.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2021

Updated: 1/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-0326

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wpa_supplicant

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-0326