SB2018081029 - Fedora 28 update for wpa_supplicant



SB2018081029 - Fedora 28 update for wpa_supplicant

Published: August 10, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018081029
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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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.