QID 174886

Date Published: 2021-04-14

QID 174886: SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2021:1125-1)

This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-30004: Fixed an issue where forging attacks might have occured
because AlgorithmIdentifier parameters were mishandled in tls/pkcs1.c
and tls/x509v3.c (bsc#1184348)

Successful exploitation allows attacker to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest package which contains the patch. To install this SUSE Security, Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product. To install packages using the command line interface, use command "yum update". Refer to Suse security advisory: SUSE-SU-2021:1125-1 to address this issue and obtain further details.

    CVEs related to QID 174886

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SUSE-SU-2021:1125-1 SUSE Enterprise Linux URL Logo lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-April/008610.html