Issued:
2013-09-30
Updated:
2013-09-30

RHEA-2013:1365 - wpa_supplicant enhancement update

Synopsis

wpa_supplicant enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated wpa_supplicant packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The wpa_supplicant packages contain an 802.1X Supplicant with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN), and various EAP authentication methods. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator for client stations and controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the WLAN driver.

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • It is now possible to store passwords in a hashed form in the wpa_supplicant.conf file rather than only in plain text. (BZ#955153)

Users of wpa_supplicant are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add 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 https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.5.10-10.el5.ppc.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.5.10-10.el5.ia64.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.5.10-10.el5.i386.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-gui-0.5.10-10.el5.ppc.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-gui-0.5.10-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-0.5.10-10.el5.ia64.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.5.10-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-0.5.10-10.el5.src.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-0.5.10-10.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-gui-0.5.10-10.el5.ia64.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-0.5.10-10.el5.i386.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-gui-0.5.10-10.el5.i386.rpm
  • wpa_supplicant-0.5.10-10.el5.ppc.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information