RHSA-2015:1439Low

Red Hat Security Advisory: wpa_supplicant security and enhancement update

Published
July 20, 2015
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-4142 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-4142 — hostapd: integer underflow in AP mode WMM Action frame processing

🎯 Affected products26

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-1:0.7.3-6.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:0.7.3-6.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:0.7.3-6.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:0.7.3-6.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:0.7.3-6.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:0.7.3-6.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:0.7.3-6.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:0.7.3-6.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:0.7.3-6.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-1:0.7.3-6.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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