wpa_supplicant: Buffer overflow vulnerability — GLSA 200502-22

wpa_supplicant contains a buffer overflow that could lead to a Denial of Service.

Package	net-wireless/wpa_supplicant on all architectures
Affected versions	< 0.2.7
Unaffected versions	>= 0.2.7

wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN).

wpa_supplicant contains a possible buffer overflow due to the lacking validation of received EAPOL-Key frames.

An attacker could cause the crash of wpa_supplicant using a specially crafted packet.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.2.7"

Release date
February 16, 2005

Latest revision
May 22, 2006: 02

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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