RHBA-2010:0235 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated wpa_supplicant packages that fix several bugs and add various
enhancements are now available.

Description

wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and Windows with support
for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA
component that is used in the client stations. 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 would enter a loop when used with Intel Wifi

Link 3945, 4965, 5000-series and 6000-series devices. This resulted in
those devices not being able to reconnect to the wireless access point
successfully. A number of changes were made to the wpa_supplicant package
to ensure that the disconnection happens cleanly, and the effected
devices can now reconnect successfully. (BZ#506230)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated wpa_supplicant package, which
resolves this issue.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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