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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.878022
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora: Security Advisory for hostapd (FEDORA-2020-df3e1cfde9)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'hostapd'; package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2020-df3e1cfde9 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'hostapd'
package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2020-df3e1cfde9 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It
implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP
Authenticators and RADIUS authentication server.

hostapd is designed to be a 'daemon' program that runs in the back-ground and
acts as the backend component controlling authentication. hostapd supports
separate frontend programs and an example text-based frontend, hostapd_cli, is
included with hostapd.

Affected Software/OS:
'hostapd' package(s) on Fedora 32.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-12695
Debian Security Information: DSA-4806 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4806
Debian Security Information: DSA-4898 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4898
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RQEYVY4D7LASH6AI4WK3IK2QBFHHF3Q2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MZDWHKGN3LMGSUEOAAVAMOD3IUIPJVOJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3SHL4LOFGHJ3DIXSUIQELGVBDJ7V7LB/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158051/CallStranger-UPnP-Vulnerability-Checker.html
https://corelight.blog/2020/06/10/detecting-the-new-callstranger-upnp-vulnerability-with-zeek/
https://github.com/corelight/callstranger-detector
https://github.com/yunuscadirci/CallStranger
https://www.callstranger.com
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339275
https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-12695-callstranger-vulnerability-in-universal-plug-and-play-upnp-puts-billions-of
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00011.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00013.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00017.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/08/2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4494-1/
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