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Cent OS: CVE-2014-3686: CESA-2014:1956 (wpa_supplicant)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-3686: CESA-2014:1956 (wpa_supplicant)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/15/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

wpa_supplicant and hostapd 0.7.2 through 2.2, when running with certain configurations and using wpa_cli or hostapd_cli with action scripts, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted frame.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-wpa_supplicant

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