[Cucumber-linux-security] wpa_supplicant (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for wpa_supplicant for the following
versions of Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

+----------------+
Fri Aug 17 10:21:39 EDT 2018
net-base/wpa_supplicant rebuilt (build 5) to fix CVE-2018-14526, a security
	vulnerability that allowed for an attacker within range of an access
	point to recover sensitive information, due to a decryption oracle
	resulting from a failure to verify the integrity of EAPOL-Key message.
	For more information see:
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=512
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14526
		https://w1.fi/security/2018-1/unauthenticated-eapol-key-decryption.txt
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-512 [CVE-2018-14526]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=512)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure wpa_supplicant is selected on the update list, and then select
Ok. Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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