{"schema_version":"1.7.3","id":"SUSE-SU-2018:3480-1","published":"2018-10-26T08:16:07Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:12:29.790658Z","related":["CVE-2018-14526"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-14526"],"summary":"Security update for wpa_supplicant","details":"This update for wpa_supplicant provides the following fixes:\n\nThis security issues was fixe:\n\n- CVE-2018-14526: Under certain conditions, the integrity of EAPOL-Key messages was not checked, leading to a decryption oracle. An attacker within range of the Access Point and client could have abused the vulnerability to recover sensitive information (bsc#1104205)\n\nThese non-security issues were fixed:\n\n- Fix reading private key passwords from the configuration file. (bsc#1099835)\n- Enable PWD as EAP method. This allows for password-based authentication, which is easier\n  to setup than most of the other methods, and is used by the Eduroam network. (bsc#1109209)\n- compile eapol_test binary to allow testing via radius proxy and server (note: this does not match CONFIG_EAPOL_TEST which sets -Werror and activates an assert call inside the code of wpa_supplicant) (bsc#1111873), (fate#326725)\n- Enabled timestamps in log file when being invoked by systemd service file (bsc#1080798).\n- Fixes the default file permissions of the debug log file to more sane values, i.e. it is no longer world-readable (bsc#1098854).\n- Open the debug log file with O_CLOEXEC, which will prevent file descriptor leaking to child processes (bsc#1098854).\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"wpa_supplicant","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/wpa_supplicant&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6-4.11.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"wpa_supplicant":"2.6-4.11.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:3480-1.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20183480-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080798"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1098854"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099835"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1104205"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1109209"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111873"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14526"}]}