[ALSA-2021:0809] Important: wpa_supplicant security update
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2021-03-11
Description:
The wpa_supplicant packages contain an 802.1X Supplicant with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN), and various EAP authentication methods. They implement key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator for client stations and controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication and association of the WLAN driver. Security Fix(es): * wpa_supplicant: Use-after-free in P2P provision discovery processing (CVE-2021-27803) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
References:
Updated packages:
  • wpa_supplicant-2.9-2.el8_3.1.x86_64.rpm
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.