RHEA-2013:1365 - 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

• 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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