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From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] wpa_supplicant (SSA:2014-344-07)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:12:54 -0800 (PST)
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[slackware-security]  wpa_supplicant (SSA:2014-344-07)

New wpa_supplicant packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1,
and -current to fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes a remote command-execution vulnerability caused by a
  failure to adequately sanitize user-supplied input.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3686
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.


Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-i486-4_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-x86_64-4_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-1.0-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-1.0-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.3-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/wpa_supplicant-2.3-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/wpa_supplicant-2.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
+-------------+

Slackware 13.37 package:
2b43eae00bb9245e835d867528523c4a  wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-i486-4_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
36aaddb14603ab8a45781c13ecb65c24  wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-x86_64-4_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
79bef8ac202aa4a5fc0631ecb7ab1210  wpa_supplicant-1.0-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
6f00a823ed0e27b234fafb597bf2e357  wpa_supplicant-1.0-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
adf16114ad0f1b8563194098fc69d196  wpa_supplicant-2.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
dc974e09d72c233e7c5bdb736b28fe2d  wpa_supplicant-2.3-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
085b106987fc33dd4f0c23f61d9be041  n/wpa_supplicant-2.3-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
aaecb38f9fb189b2a9fc0dd8973644d1  n/wpa_supplicant-2.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg wpa_supplicant-2.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

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