SB2018081028 - Fedora 27 update for wpa_supplicant
Published: August 10, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018081028
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14526)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists on the systems where WPA2/RSN style of EAPOL-Key construction is used with TKIP negotiated as the pairwise cipher due to an error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted unauthenticated EAPOL-Key frame data to modify the Group Transient Key (GTK) and prevent the target system from accepting group-addressed frames.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.