Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1611 - wpa_supplicant enhancement update

Synopsis

wpa_supplicant enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An enhanced wpa_supplicant package that adds an enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The wpa_supplicant package contains a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) Supplicant utility for Linux, BSD, and Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i/RSN). The supplicant is a IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in client workstations. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan driver.

The wpa_supplicant package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.7.3. This update provides the nl80211 driver and background scanning functionality that are required for efficient connections to RSA token-based WiFi networks. (BZ#713280)

Users that require roaming in RSA token-based WiFi networks are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-2.el6.src.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information