QID 710136

Date Published: 2021-08-23

QID 710136: Gentoo Linux hostapd and wpa_supplicant Denial of service Vulnerability (GLSA 201908-25)

Gentoo Linux is a Linux distribution

A vulnerability in hostapd and wpa_supplicant could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Affected Package(s): net-wireless/wpa_supplicant

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This vulnerability can also be used to cause a limited denial of service in the form of interruptions in resource availability.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.9 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.

Solution

The Vendor has released security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit GLSA 201908-25 for updates and patch information.

Vendor References

GLSA 201908-25 - security.gentoo.org//glsa/201908-25

CVEs related to QID 710136

CVE-2019-11555 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GLSA 201908-25	Gentoo		security.gentoo.org//glsa/201908-25

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