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openSUSE Security Update : hostapd (openSUSE-2018-1293)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118481

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

hostapd was updated to fix following security issue :

 - CVE-2018-14526: Ignore unauthenticated encrypted EAPOL-Key data (bsc#1104205)

Solution

Update the affected hostapd packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1104205

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118481

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1293.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/29/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hostapd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hostapd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hostapd-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14526