Issued:
2016-11-15
Updated:
2016-11-15

RHBA-2016:2767 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

wpa_supplicant bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated wpa_supplicant packages that fix one bug are 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.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the wpa_supplicant service stopped responding to Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Identity Request packets after wpa_supplicant was reloaded, that is after receiving the SIGHUP signal. As a consequence, clients using IEEE802.1x-port-based authentication lost connectivity until wpa_supplicant was restarted. With this update, the client is deauthenticated after reconfiguration. As a result, clients using IEEE802.1x-port-based authentication no longer lose connectivity in the described situation. (BZ#1372333)

Users of wpa_supplicant are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

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

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 x86_64
  • 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 - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b5650845b0aeb6651a0abd6cfe73aa090005995f8d599fe530b15314653294b3
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 413f78199c651cea0ebb9bec0d9235b870fdf325b09fcdaafb234f20732747f1
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b0ce8d24109efba3cc5dcc74be864cc361b7390e97f33994c97012974a2c436
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: f40532b5fd79edac327fe7df83f1694b0ed8dc9d4c3bf07e71166d0e1b874a1f
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c8b25a2d87e6f1bd20b604c16d8772e0f9dc3834c188674b2e7b58c1ca03cd09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b5650845b0aeb6651a0abd6cfe73aa090005995f8d599fe530b15314653294b3
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 413f78199c651cea0ebb9bec0d9235b870fdf325b09fcdaafb234f20732747f1
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b0ce8d24109efba3cc5dcc74be864cc361b7390e97f33994c97012974a2c436
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: f40532b5fd79edac327fe7df83f1694b0ed8dc9d4c3bf07e71166d0e1b874a1f
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c8b25a2d87e6f1bd20b604c16d8772e0f9dc3834c188674b2e7b58c1ca03cd09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b5650845b0aeb6651a0abd6cfe73aa090005995f8d599fe530b15314653294b3
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 413f78199c651cea0ebb9bec0d9235b870fdf325b09fcdaafb234f20732747f1
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b0ce8d24109efba3cc5dcc74be864cc361b7390e97f33994c97012974a2c436
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: f40532b5fd79edac327fe7df83f1694b0ed8dc9d4c3bf07e71166d0e1b874a1f
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c8b25a2d87e6f1bd20b604c16d8772e0f9dc3834c188674b2e7b58c1ca03cd09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b5650845b0aeb6651a0abd6cfe73aa090005995f8d599fe530b15314653294b3
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 413f78199c651cea0ebb9bec0d9235b870fdf325b09fcdaafb234f20732747f1
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b0ce8d24109efba3cc5dcc74be864cc361b7390e97f33994c97012974a2c436
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: f40532b5fd79edac327fe7df83f1694b0ed8dc9d4c3bf07e71166d0e1b874a1f
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.i686.rpm SHA-256: c8b25a2d87e6f1bd20b604c16d8772e0f9dc3834c188674b2e7b58c1ca03cd09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b5650845b0aeb6651a0abd6cfe73aa090005995f8d599fe530b15314653294b3
s390x
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 601930ca117f46241cf316ddf90bdcb421e16df746f688f0ee9005ad08685a26
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 94e3bd4e8e139c6a8fd2d80e6de6bff716cc80dce9e345b516d16954172a9322

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b5650845b0aeb6651a0abd6cfe73aa090005995f8d599fe530b15314653294b3
ppc64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 62d63bc5329b4c30c35a78e7025c512784349b71ef1482b75d0d561c3d4575b4
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: b65be9342a47b7914ba11ce7b0e479c8a5e863cf431549f6ddf747942a469d5f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b5650845b0aeb6651a0abd6cfe73aa090005995f8d599fe530b15314653294b3
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 413f78199c651cea0ebb9bec0d9235b870fdf325b09fcdaafb234f20732747f1
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b0ce8d24109efba3cc5dcc74be864cc361b7390e97f33994c97012974a2c436

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

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: b5650845b0aeb6651a0abd6cfe73aa090005995f8d599fe530b15314653294b3
s390x
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 601930ca117f46241cf316ddf90bdcb421e16df746f688f0ee9005ad08685a26
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-8.el6_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 94e3bd4e8e139c6a8fd2d80e6de6bff716cc80dce9e345b516d16954172a9322

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