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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200502-22">
+ <title>wpa_supplicant: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ wpa_supplicant contains a buffer overflow that could lead to a Denial of
+ Service.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">wpa_supplicant</product>
+ <announced>February 16, 2005</announced>
+ <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
+ <bug>81993</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-wireless/wpa_supplicant" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.2.7</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.2.7</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE
+ 802.11i / RSN).
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ wpa_supplicant contains a possible buffer overflow due to the lacking
+ validation of received EAPOL-Key frames.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ An attacker could cause the crash of wpa_supplicant using a specially
+ crafted packet.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All wpa_supplicant users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.2.7&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2005-February/009465.html">wpa_supplicant Announcement</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0470">CVE-2005-0470</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:34:56 +0000">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:11:49 +0000">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:06:18 +0000">
+ vorlon078
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>