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Unscored USN-4734-2 2 CVEs

wpa vulnerabilities

Published Feb 16, 2021 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

USN-4734-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in wpa_supplicant. This
update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

It was discovered that wpa_supplicant did not properly handle P2P
(Wi-Fi Direct) group information in some situations, leading to a
heap overflow. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-0326)

It was discovered that hostapd did not properly handle UPnP subscribe
messages in some circumstances. An attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2020-12695)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS wpa 2.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm3

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12695
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-0326