Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2016:0742 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2016-05-10
Updated:
2016-05-10

RHBA-2016:0742 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

wpa_supplicant bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for wpa_supplicant is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The wpa_supplicant package contains 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 and association of the WLAN driver.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of wpa_supplicant are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 712848 - wpa_supplicant should depend on chkconfig
  • BZ - 1150004 - [RFE] Enable timestamp in wpa_supplicant logs
  • BZ - 1254486 - Do not quote value for 'scan_freq' and 'freq_list'

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7f7fad978e19f50d87b75e7d92cd28a71dcd894a703cf1beb72fed263ba1fb00
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7f7fad978e19f50d87b75e7d92cd28a71dcd894a703cf1beb72fed263ba1fb00
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 074b231b2c21ed2016b82a0a81ff6d246392400f2d5eb4e45244f9f761c03fad
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 074b231b2c21ed2016b82a0a81ff6d246392400f2d5eb4e45244f9f761c03fad
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 878fc214bacfcd1529d375b15f69d3e073da75135fada33efc5982bbf3f0bcb4
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4d0a794af6033b17d5bf7957705b5f2c26634c98fb423baab12352bed065fb7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7f7fad978e19f50d87b75e7d92cd28a71dcd894a703cf1beb72fed263ba1fb00
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 074b231b2c21ed2016b82a0a81ff6d246392400f2d5eb4e45244f9f761c03fad
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 878fc214bacfcd1529d375b15f69d3e073da75135fada33efc5982bbf3f0bcb4
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4d0a794af6033b17d5bf7957705b5f2c26634c98fb423baab12352bed065fb7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7f7fad978e19f50d87b75e7d92cd28a71dcd894a703cf1beb72fed263ba1fb00
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 074b231b2c21ed2016b82a0a81ff6d246392400f2d5eb4e45244f9f761c03fad
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 878fc214bacfcd1529d375b15f69d3e073da75135fada33efc5982bbf3f0bcb4
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4d0a794af6033b17d5bf7957705b5f2c26634c98fb423baab12352bed065fb7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7f7fad978e19f50d87b75e7d92cd28a71dcd894a703cf1beb72fed263ba1fb00
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 074b231b2c21ed2016b82a0a81ff6d246392400f2d5eb4e45244f9f761c03fad
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 878fc214bacfcd1529d375b15f69d3e073da75135fada33efc5982bbf3f0bcb4
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4d0a794af6033b17d5bf7957705b5f2c26634c98fb423baab12352bed065fb7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
s390x
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 60de1a115fe5964dd6653e046e17ad12a0ecea1e1c352d0a3e937960b5ef2a4e
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9208142957a5f9fef280b5313e2e81a02eddc006872c5de4e555ad7109ad76f9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
ppc64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 56860e4cbb4c0fb9680306b26beae1edaea22e9f200b4430248056764e2ee57d
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 71723bd4dd3e7aa0354245dc1b6b108436ec4d34e1b3cde2e01b1bdcd2763b7f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7f7fad978e19f50d87b75e7d92cd28a71dcd894a703cf1beb72fed263ba1fb00
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 074b231b2c21ed2016b82a0a81ff6d246392400f2d5eb4e45244f9f761c03fad

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7f7fad978e19f50d87b75e7d92cd28a71dcd894a703cf1beb72fed263ba1fb00
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 074b231b2c21ed2016b82a0a81ff6d246392400f2d5eb4e45244f9f761c03fad
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 878fc214bacfcd1529d375b15f69d3e073da75135fada33efc5982bbf3f0bcb4
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4d0a794af6033b17d5bf7957705b5f2c26634c98fb423baab12352bed065fb7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
s390x
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 60de1a115fe5964dd6653e046e17ad12a0ecea1e1c352d0a3e937960b5ef2a4e
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9208142957a5f9fef280b5313e2e81a02eddc006872c5de4e555ad7109ad76f9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7f7fad978e19f50d87b75e7d92cd28a71dcd894a703cf1beb72fed263ba1fb00
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 074b231b2c21ed2016b82a0a81ff6d246392400f2d5eb4e45244f9f761c03fad
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 878fc214bacfcd1529d375b15f69d3e073da75135fada33efc5982bbf3f0bcb4
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4d0a794af6033b17d5bf7957705b5f2c26634c98fb423baab12352bed065fb7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 57c1c7478676715530a1c01a4ada66625f8f8360d9832426013290f78633bb99
s390x
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 60de1a115fe5964dd6653e046e17ad12a0ecea1e1c352d0a3e937960b5ef2a4e
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 9208142957a5f9fef280b5313e2e81a02eddc006872c5de4e555ad7109ad76f9

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