Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2022.019.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2022-019-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'wpa_supplicant' package(s) announced via the SSA:2022-019-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'wpa_supplicant' package(s) announced via the SSA:2022-019-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New wpa_supplicant packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.9-i586-2_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. This update contains patches for these security issues: The implementations of EAP-pwd in hostapd before 2.10 and wpa_supplicant before 2.10 are vulnerable to side-channel attacks as a result of cache access patterns. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-9495. For more information, see: [links moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'wpa_supplicant' package(s) on Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware 14.2, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-9495 Bugtraq: 20190515 FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpa (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/40 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56OBBOJJSKRTDGEXZOVFSTP4HDSDBLAE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVMJOFEYBGXZLFF5IOLW67SSOPKFEJP3/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TDOZGR3T7FVO5JSZWK2QPR7AOFIEJTIZ/ FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-19:03 https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:03.wpa.asc http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152914/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-03.wpa.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00030.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0222 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00021.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-23303 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPDHU5MV464CZBPX7N2SNMUYP6DFIBZL/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-16 https://w1.fi/security/2022-1/ Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-23304
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