Summary
It was discovered that wpa_supplicant did not properly handle P2P
(Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests in some situations. A
physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS | wpa | 2.4-0ubuntu6.8 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | wpa | 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | wpa | 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.3 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.5
A vulnerability was discovered in how p2p/p2p_pd.c in wpa_supplicant before 2.10 processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-27803