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Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.","status":"published","published":"2019-04-17T14:29:03.84Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:43:48.953Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-208","CWE-524","CWE-203"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:05:11.426883Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2019-9494","description":"The implementations of SAE in hostapd and wpa_supplicant are vulnerable to side channel attacks as a result of observable timing differences and cache access patterns. An attacker may be able to gain leaked information from a side channel attack that can be used for full password recovery. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.","status":"published","published":"2019-04-17T14:29:03.84Z","modified":"2026-09-21T06:17:52.553758055Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:27:48.11886Z"},{"id":"BELL-CVE-2019-9494","title":"CVE-2019-9494 does not affect BellSoft software","status":"withdrawn","published":"2023-08-31T12:15:07.499772Z","modified":"2026-01-26T09:48:02.572769Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:15.340685Z"},{"id":"CVE-2019-9494","description":"The implementations of SAE in hostapd and wpa_supplicant are vulnerable to side channel attacks as a result of observable timing differences and cache access patterns. An attacker may be able to gain leaked information from a side channel attack that can be used for full password recovery. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.","status":"published","published":"2019-04-17T14:29:03.84Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:31:33.734956448Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:12.974481Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9494","description":"The implementations of SAE in hostapd and wpa_supplicant are vulnerable to side channel attacks as a result of observable timing differences and cache access patterns. An attacker may be able to gain leaked information from a side channel attack that can be used for full password recovery. Both hostapd with SAE support and wpa_supplicant with SAE support prior to and including version 2.7 are affected.","status":"published","published":"2019-04-17T14:29:03.84Z","modified":"2026-09-21T07:03:25.784552388Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:32.57265Z"},{"id":"MGASA-2019-0229","title":"Updated wpa_supplicant and hostapd packages fix security vulnerability","description":"A number of potential side channel attacks were discovered in the SAE\nimplementations used by both hostapd (AP) and wpa_supplicant\n(infrastructure BSS station/mesh station). SAE (Simultaneous\nAuthentication of Equals) is also known as WPA3-Personal. The discovered\nside channel attacks may be able to leak information about the used\npassword based on observable timing differences and cache access\npatterns. This might result in full password recovery when combined with\nan offline dictionary attack and if the password is not strong enough to\nprotect against dictionary attacks.\n","status":"published","published":"2019-08-31T13:22:36Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:41:33.717786052Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.793816Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2020:0222-1","title":"Security update for hostapd","description":"This update for hostapd fixes the following issues:\n\nhostapd was updated to version 2.9:\n\n* SAE changes\n  - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n  - improved protection against side channel attacks\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n* EAP-pwd changes\n  - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n  - improved protection against side channel attacks\n  [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n* fixed FT-EAP initial mobility domain association using PMKSA caching\n* added configuration of airtime policy\n* fixed FILS to and RSNE into (Re)Association Response frames\n* fixed DPP bootstrapping URI parser of channel list\n* added support for regulatory WMM limitation (for ETSI)\n* added support for MACsec Key Agreement using IEEE 802.1X/PSK\n* added experimental support for EAP-TEAP server (RFC 7170)\n* added experimental support for EAP-TLS server with TLS v1.3\n* added support for two server certificates/keys (RSA/ECC)\n* added AKMSuiteSelector into 'STA \u003caddr\u003e' control interface data to\n  determine with AKM was used for an association\n* added eap_sim_id parameter to allow EAP-SIM/AKA server pseudonym and\n  fast reauthentication use to be disabled\n* fixed an ECDH operation corner case with OpenSSL\n\nUpdate to version 2.8\n* SAE changes\n  - added support for SAE Password Identifier\n  - changed default configuration to enable only group 19\n    (i.e., disable groups 20, 21, 25, 26 from default configuration) and\n    disable all unsuitable groups completely based on REVmd changes\n  - improved anti-clogging token mechanism and SAE authentication\n    frame processing during heavy CPU load; this mitigates some issues\n    with potential DoS attacks trying to flood an AP with large number\n    of SAE messages\n  - added Finite Cyclic Group field in status code 77 responses\n  - reject use of unsuitable groups based on new implementation guidance\n    in REVmd (allow only FFC groups with prime \u003e= 3072 bits and ECC\n    groups with prime \u003e= 256)\n  - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/] (CVE-2019-9494)\n  - fixed confirm message validation in error cases\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-3/] (CVE-2019-9496)\n* EAP-pwd changes\n  - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-2/] (CVE-2019-9495)\n  - verify peer scalar/element\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/] (CVE-2019-9497 and CVE-2019-9498)\n  - fix message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-5/]\n  - enforce rand,mask generation rules more strictly\n  - fix a memory leak in PWE derivation\n  - disallow ECC groups with a prime under 256 bits (groups 25, 26, and\n    27)\n* Hotspot 2.0 changes\n  - added support for release number 3\n  - reject release 2 or newer association without PMF\n* added support for RSN operating channel validation\n  (CONFIG_OCV=y and configuration parameter ocv=1)\n* added Multi-AP protocol support\n* added FTM responder configuration\n* fixed build with LibreSSL\n* added FT/RRB workaround for short Ethernet frame padding\n* fixed KEK2 derivation for FILS+FT\n* added RSSI-based association rejection from OCE\n* extended beacon reporting functionality\n* VLAN changes\n  - allow local VLAN management with remote RADIUS authentication\n  - add WPA/WPA2 passphrase/PSK -based VLAN assignment\n* OpenSSL: allow systemwide policies to be overridden\n* extended PEAP to derive EMSK to enable use with ERP/FILS\n* extended WPS to allow SAE configuration to be added automatically\n  for PSK (wps_cred_add_sae=1)\n* fixed FT and SA Query Action frame with AP-MLME-in-driver cases\n* OWE: allow Diffie-Hellman Parameter element to be included with DPP\n  in preparation for DPP protocol extension\n* RADIUS server: started to accept ERP keyName-NAI as user identity\n  automatically without matching EAP database entry\n* fixed PTK rekeying with FILS and FT\n\nwpa_supplicant:\n* SAE changes\n  - added support for SAE Password Identifier\n  - changed default configuration to enable only groups 19, 20, 21\n    (i.e., disable groups 25 and 26) and disable all unsuitable groups\n    completely based on REVmd changes\n  - do not regenerate PWE unnecessarily when the AP uses the\n    anti-clogging token mechanisms\n  - fixed some association cases where both SAE and FT-SAE were enabled\n    on both the station and the selected AP\n  - started to prefer FT-SAE over SAE AKM if both are enabled\n  - started to prefer FT-SAE over FT-PSK if both are enabled\n  - fixed FT-SAE when SAE PMKSA caching is used\n  - reject use of unsuitable groups based on new implementation guidance\n    in REVmd (allow only FFC groups with prime \u003e= 3072 bits and ECC\n    groups with prime \u003e= 256)\n  - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/] (CVE-2019-9494)\n* EAP-pwd changes\n  - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-2/] (CVE-2019-9495)\n  - verify server scalar/element\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/] (CVE-2019-9499)\n  - fix message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-5/]\n  - enforce rand,mask generation rules more strictly\n  - fix a memory leak in PWE derivation\n  - disallow ECC groups with a prime under 256 bits (groups 25, 26, and\n    27)\n* fixed CONFIG_IEEE80211R=y (FT) build without CONFIG_FILS=y\n* Hotspot 2.0 changes\n  - do not indicate release number that is higher than the one\n    AP supports\n  - added support for release number 3\n  - enable PMF automatically for network profiles created from\n    credentials\n* fixed OWE network profile saving\n* fixed DPP network profile saving\n* added support for RSN operating channel validation\n  (CONFIG_OCV=y and network profile parameter ocv=1)\n* added Multi-AP backhaul STA support\n* fixed build with LibreSSL\n* number of MKA/MACsec fixes and extensions\n* extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n* fixed dNSName matching in domain_match and domain_suffix_match when\n  using wolfSSL\n* started to prefer FT-EAP-SHA384 over WPA-EAP-SUITE-B-192 AKM if both\n  are enabled\n* extended nl80211 Connect and external authentication to support\n  SAE, FT-SAE, FT-EAP-SHA384\n* fixed KEK2 derivation for FILS+FT\n* extended client_cert file to allow loading of a chain of PEM\n  encoded certificates\n* extended beacon reporting functionality\n* extended D-Bus interface with number of new properties\n* fixed a regression in FT-over-DS with mac80211-based drivers\n* OpenSSL: allow systemwide policies to be overridden\n* extended driver flags indication for separate 802.1X and PSK\n  4-way handshake offload capability\n* added support for random P2P Device/Interface Address use\n* extended PEAP to derive EMSK to enable use with ERP/FILS\n* extended WPS to allow SAE configuration to be added automatically\n  for PSK (wps_cred_add_sae=1)\n* removed support for the old D-Bus interface (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS)\n* extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n* added a RSN workaround for misbehaving PMF APs that advertise\n  IGTK/BIP KeyID using incorrect byte order\n* fixed PTK rekeying with FILS and FT\n\n- Enabled CLI editing and history support.\n\nUpdate to version 2.7\n\n* fixed WPA packet number reuse with replayed messages and key\n  reinstallation\n  [http://w1.fi/security/2017-1/] (CVE-2017-13082) (boo#1056061)\n* added support for FILS (IEEE 802.11ai) shared key authentication\n* added support for OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption, RFC 8110;\n  and transition mode defined by WFA)\n* added support for DPP (Wi-Fi Device Provisioning Protocol)\n* FT:\n  - added local generation of PMK-R0/PMK-R1 for FT-PSK\n    (ft_psk_generate_local=1)\n  - replaced inter-AP protocol with a cleaner design that is more\n    easily extensible; this breaks backward compatibility and requires\n    all APs in the ESS to be updated at the same time to maintain FT\n    functionality\n  - added support for wildcard R0KH/R1KH\n  - replaced r0_key_lifetime (minutes) parameter with\n    ft_r0_key_lifetime (seconds)\n  - fixed wpa_psk_file use for FT-PSK\n  - fixed FT-SAE PMKID matching\n  - added expiration to PMK-R0 and PMK-R1 cache\n  - added IEEE VLAN support (including tagged VLANs)\n  - added support for SHA384 based AKM\n* SAE\n  - fixed some PMKSA caching cases with SAE\n  - added support for configuring SAE password separately of the\n    WPA2 PSK/passphrase\n  - added option to require MFP for SAE associations\n    (sae_require_pmf=1)\n  - fixed PTK and EAPOL-Key integrity and key-wrap algorithm selection\n    for SAE;\n    note: this is not backwards compatible, i.e., both the AP and\n    station side implementations will need to be update at the same\n    time to maintain interoperability\n  - added support for Password Identifier\n* hostapd_cli: added support for command history and completion\n* added support for requesting beacon report\n* large number of other fixes, cleanup, and extensions\n* added option to configure EAPOL-Key retry limits\n  (wpa_group_update_count and wpa_pairwise_update_count)\n* removed all PeerKey functionality\n* fixed nl80211 AP mode configuration regression with Linux 4.15 and\n  newer\n* added support for using wolfSSL cryptographic library\n* fixed some 20/40 MHz coexistence cases where the BSS could drop to\n  20 MHz even when 40 MHz would be allowed\n* Hotspot 2.0\n  - added support for setting Venue URL ANQP-element (venue_url)\n  - added support for advertising Hotspot 2.0 operator icons\n  - added support for Roaming Consortium Selection element\n  - added support for Terms and Conditions\n  - added support for OSEN connection in a shared RSN BSS\n* added support for using OpenSSL 1.1.1\n* added EAP-pwd server support for salted passwords\n\n","status":"published","published":"2020-02-15T19:10:10Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:44:46.483416Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:31.152112Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2020:2053-1","title":"Security update for wpa_supplicant","description":"This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:\n\nSecurity issue fixed:\n\n- CVE-2019-16275: Fixed an AP mode PMF disconnection protection bypass (bsc#1150934).\n\nNon-security issues fixed:\n\n- Enable SAE support (jsc#SLE-14992).\n- Limit P2P_DEVICE name to appropriate ifname size.\n- Fix wicked wlan (bsc#1156920)\n- Restore fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service (bsc#1167331)\n- With v2.9 fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service is obsolete (bsc#1167331)\n- Fix WLAN config on boot with wicked. (bsc#1166933)\n- Update to 2.9 release:\n   * SAE changes\n     - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n     - improved protection against side channel attacks\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n   * EAP-pwd changes\n     - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n     - allow the set of groups to be configured (eap_pwd_groups)\n     - improved protection against side channel attacks\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n   * fixed FT-EAP initial mobility domain association using PMKSA caching\n     (disabled by default for backwards compatibility; can be enabled\n     with ft_eap_pmksa_caching=1)\n   * fixed a regression in OpenSSL 1.1+ engine loading\n   * added validation of RSNE in (Re)Association Response frames\n   * fixed DPP bootstrapping URI parser of channel list\n   * extended EAP-SIM/AKA fast re-authentication to allow use with FILS\n   * extended ca_cert_blob to support PEM format\n   * improved robustness of P2P Action frame scheduling\n   * added support for EAP-SIM/AKA using anonymous@realm identity\n   * fixed Hotspot 2.0 credential selection based on roaming consortium\n     to ignore credentials without a specific EAP method\n   * added experimental support for EAP-TEAP peer (RFC 7170)\n   * added experimental support for EAP-TLS peer with TLS v1.3\n   * fixed a regression in WMM parameter configuration for a TDLS peer\n   * fixed a regression in operation with drivers that offload 802.1X\n     4-way handshake\n   * fixed an ECDH operation corner case with OpenSSL\n   * SAE changes\n     - added support for SAE Password Identifier\n     - changed default configuration to enable only groups 19, 20, 21\n       (i.e., disable groups 25 and 26) and disable all unsuitable groups\n       completely based on REVmd changes\n     - do not regenerate PWE unnecessarily when the AP uses the\n       anti-clogging token mechanisms\n     - fixed some association cases where both SAE and FT-SAE were enabled\n       on both the station and the selected AP\n     - started to prefer FT-SAE over SAE AKM if both are enabled\n     - started to prefer FT-SAE over FT-PSK if both are enabled\n     - fixed FT-SAE when SAE PMKSA caching is used\n     - reject use of unsuitable groups based on new implementation guidance\n       in REVmd (allow only FFC groups with prime \u003e= 3072 bits and ECC\n       groups with prime \u003e= 256)\n     - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/] (CVE-2019-9494, bsc#1131868)\n   * EAP-pwd changes\n     - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-2/] (CVE-2019-9495, bsc#1131870)\n     - verify server scalar/element\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/] (CVE-2019-9497, CVE-2019-9498,\n       CVE-2019-9499, bsc#1131874, bsc#1131872, bsc#1131871, bsc#1131644)\n     - fix message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-5/] (CVE-2019-11555, bsc#1133640)\n     - enforce rand,mask generation rules more strictly\n     - fix a memory leak in PWE derivation\n     - disallow ECC groups with a prime under 256 bits (groups 25, 26, and\n       27)\n     - SAE/EAP-pwd side-channel attack update\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/] (CVE-2019-13377, bsc#1144443)\n   * fixed CONFIG_IEEE80211R=y (FT) build without CONFIG_FILS=y\n   * Hotspot 2.0 changes\n     - do not indicate release number that is higher than the one\n       AP supports\n     - added support for release number 3\n     - enable PMF automatically for network profiles created from\n       credentials\n   * fixed OWE network profile saving\n   * fixed DPP network profile saving\n   * added support for RSN operating channel validation\n     (CONFIG_OCV=y and network profile parameter ocv=1)\n   * added Multi-AP backhaul STA support\n   * fixed build with LibreSSL\n   * number of MKA/MACsec fixes and extensions\n   * extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n   * fixed dNSName matching in domain_match and domain_suffix_match when\n     using wolfSSL\n   * started to prefer FT-EAP-SHA384 over WPA-EAP-SUITE-B-192 AKM if both\n     are enabled\n   * extended nl80211 Connect and external authentication to support\n     SAE, FT-SAE, FT-EAP-SHA384\n   * fixed KEK2 derivation for FILS+FT\n   * extended client_cert file to allow loading of a chain of PEM\n     encoded certificates\n   * extended beacon reporting functionality\n   * extended D-Bus interface with number of new properties\n   * fixed a regression in FT-over-DS with mac80211-based drivers\n   * OpenSSL: allow systemwide policies to be overridden\n   * extended driver flags indication for separate 802.1X and PSK\n     4-way handshake offload capability\n   * added support for random P2P Device/Interface Address use\n   * extended PEAP to derive EMSK to enable use with ERP/FILS\n   * extended WPS to allow SAE configuration to be added automatically\n     for PSK (wps_cred_add_sae=1)\n   * removed support for the old D-Bus interface (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS)\n   * extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n   * added a RSN workaround for misbehaving PMF APs that advertise\n     IGTK/BIP KeyID using incorrect byte order\n   * fixed PTK rekeying with FILS and FT\n   * fixed WPA packet number reuse with replayed messages and key\n     reinstallation\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2017-1/] (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078,\n     CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13082,\n     CVE-2017-13086, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088)\n   * fixed unauthenticated EAPOL-Key decryption in wpa_supplicant\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2018-1/] (CVE-2018-14526)\n   * added support for FILS (IEEE 802.11ai) shared key authentication\n   * added support for OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption, RFC 8110;\n     and transition mode defined by WFA)\n   * added support for DPP (Wi-Fi Device Provisioning Protocol)\n   * added support for RSA 3k key case with Suite B 192-bit level\n   * fixed Suite B PMKSA caching not to update PMKID during each 4-way\n     handshake\n   * fixed EAP-pwd pre-processing with PasswordHashHash\n   * added EAP-pwd client support for salted passwords\n   * fixed a regression in TDLS prohibited bit validation\n   * started to use estimated throughput to avoid undesired signal\n     strength based roaming decision\n   * MACsec/MKA:\n     - new macsec_linux driver interface support for the Linux\n       kernel macsec module\n     - number of fixes and extensions\n   * added support for external persistent storage of PMKSA cache\n     (PMKSA_GET/PMKSA_ADD control interface commands; and\n      MESH_PMKSA_GET/MESH_PMKSA_SET for the mesh case)\n   * fixed mesh channel configuration pri/sec switch case\n   * added support for beacon report\n   * large number of other fixes, cleanup, and extensions\n   * added support for randomizing local address for GAS queries\n     (gas_rand_mac_addr parameter)\n   * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA/AKA' ext auth cases within TLS tunnel\n   * added option for using random WPS UUID (auto_uuid=1)\n   * added SHA256-hash support for OCSP certificate matching\n   * fixed EAP-AKA' to add AT_KDF into Synchronization-Failure\n   * fixed a regression in RSN pre-authentication candidate selection\n   * added option to configure allowed group management cipher suites\n     (group_mgmt network profile parameter)\n   * removed all PeerKey functionality\n   * fixed nl80211 AP and mesh mode configuration regression with\n     Linux 4.15 and newer\n   * added ap_isolate configuration option for AP mode\n   * added support for nl80211 to offload 4-way handshake into the driver\n   * added support for using wolfSSL cryptographic library\n   * SAE\n     - added support for configuring SAE password separately of the\n       WPA2 PSK/passphrase\n     - fixed PTK and EAPOL-Key integrity and key-wrap algorithm selection\n       for SAE;\n       note: this is not backwards compatible, i.e., both the AP and\n       station side implementations will need to be update at the same\n       time to maintain interoperability\n     - added support for Password Identifier\n     - fixed FT-SAE PMKID matching\n   * Hotspot 2.0\n     - added support for fetching of Operator Icon Metadata ANQP-element\n     - added support for Roaming Consortium Selection element\n     - added support for Terms and Conditions\n     - added support for OSEN connection in a shared RSN BSS\n     - added support for fetching Venue URL information\n   * added support for using OpenSSL 1.1.1\n   * FT\n     - disabled PMKSA caching with FT since it is not fully functional\n     - added support for SHA384 based AKM\n     - added support for BIP ciphers BIP-CMAC-256, BIP-GMAC-128,\n       BIP-GMAC-256 in addition to previously supported BIP-CMAC-128\n     - fixed additional IE inclusion in Reassociation Request frame when\n       using FT protocol\n\n- Changed service-files for start after network (systemd-networkd).\n\nThis update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.","status":"published","published":"2020-11-26T17:28:36Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:04:39.782399Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:31.517538Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2020:2059-1","title":"Security update for wpa_supplicant","description":"This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:\n\nSecurity issue fixed:\n\n- CVE-2019-16275: Fixed an AP mode PMF disconnection protection bypass (bsc#1150934).\n\nNon-security issues fixed:\n\n- Enable SAE support (jsc#SLE-14992).\n- Limit P2P_DEVICE name to appropriate ifname size.\n- Fix wicked wlan (bsc#1156920)\n- Restore fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service (bsc#1167331)\n- With v2.9 fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service is obsolete (bsc#1167331)\n- Fix WLAN config on boot with wicked. (bsc#1166933)\n- Update to 2.9 release:\n   * SAE changes\n     - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n     - improved protection against side channel attacks\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n   * EAP-pwd changes\n     - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n     - allow the set of groups to be configured (eap_pwd_groups)\n     - improved protection against side channel attacks\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n   * fixed FT-EAP initial mobility domain association using PMKSA caching\n     (disabled by default for backwards compatibility; can be enabled\n     with ft_eap_pmksa_caching=1)\n   * fixed a regression in OpenSSL 1.1+ engine loading\n   * added validation of RSNE in (Re)Association Response frames\n   * fixed DPP bootstrapping URI parser of channel list\n   * extended EAP-SIM/AKA fast re-authentication to allow use with FILS\n   * extended ca_cert_blob to support PEM format\n   * improved robustness of P2P Action frame scheduling\n   * added support for EAP-SIM/AKA using anonymous@realm identity\n   * fixed Hotspot 2.0 credential selection based on roaming consortium\n     to ignore credentials without a specific EAP method\n   * added experimental support for EAP-TEAP peer (RFC 7170)\n   * added experimental support for EAP-TLS peer with TLS v1.3\n   * fixed a regression in WMM parameter configuration for a TDLS peer\n   * fixed a regression in operation with drivers that offload 802.1X\n     4-way handshake\n   * fixed an ECDH operation corner case with OpenSSL\n   * SAE changes\n     - added support for SAE Password Identifier\n     - changed default configuration to enable only groups 19, 20, 21\n       (i.e., disable groups 25 and 26) and disable all unsuitable groups\n       completely based on REVmd changes\n     - do not regenerate PWE unnecessarily when the AP uses the\n       anti-clogging token mechanisms\n     - fixed some association cases where both SAE and FT-SAE were enabled\n       on both the station and the selected AP\n     - started to prefer FT-SAE over SAE AKM if both are enabled\n     - started to prefer FT-SAE over FT-PSK if both are enabled\n     - fixed FT-SAE when SAE PMKSA caching is used\n     - reject use of unsuitable groups based on new implementation guidance\n       in REVmd (allow only FFC groups with prime \u003e= 3072 bits and ECC\n       groups with prime \u003e= 256)\n     - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/] (CVE-2019-9494, bsc#1131868)\n   * EAP-pwd changes\n     - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-2/] (CVE-2019-9495, bsc#1131870)\n     - verify server scalar/element\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/] (CVE-2019-9497, CVE-2019-9498,\n       CVE-2019-9499, bsc#1131874, bsc#1131872, bsc#1131871, bsc#1131644)\n     - fix message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-5/] (CVE-2019-11555, bsc#1133640)\n     - enforce rand,mask generation rules more strictly\n     - fix a memory leak in PWE derivation\n     - disallow ECC groups with a prime under 256 bits (groups 25, 26, and\n       27)\n     - SAE/EAP-pwd side-channel attack update\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/] (CVE-2019-13377, bsc#1144443)\n   * fixed CONFIG_IEEE80211R=y (FT) build without CONFIG_FILS=y\n   * Hotspot 2.0 changes\n     - do not indicate release number that is higher than the one\n       AP supports\n     - added support for release number 3\n     - enable PMF automatically for network profiles created from\n       credentials\n   * fixed OWE network profile saving\n   * fixed DPP network profile saving\n   * added support for RSN operating channel validation\n     (CONFIG_OCV=y and network profile parameter ocv=1)\n   * added Multi-AP backhaul STA support\n   * fixed build with LibreSSL\n   * number of MKA/MACsec fixes and extensions\n   * extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n   * fixed dNSName matching in domain_match and domain_suffix_match when\n     using wolfSSL\n   * started to prefer FT-EAP-SHA384 over WPA-EAP-SUITE-B-192 AKM if both\n     are enabled\n   * extended nl80211 Connect and external authentication to support\n     SAE, FT-SAE, FT-EAP-SHA384\n   * fixed KEK2 derivation for FILS+FT\n   * extended client_cert file to allow loading of a chain of PEM\n     encoded certificates\n   * extended beacon reporting functionality\n   * extended D-Bus interface with number of new properties\n   * fixed a regression in FT-over-DS with mac80211-based drivers\n   * OpenSSL: allow systemwide policies to be overridden\n   * extended driver flags indication for separate 802.1X and PSK\n     4-way handshake offload capability\n   * added support for random P2P Device/Interface Address use\n   * extended PEAP to derive EMSK to enable use with ERP/FILS\n   * extended WPS to allow SAE configuration to be added automatically\n     for PSK (wps_cred_add_sae=1)\n   * removed support for the old D-Bus interface (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS)\n   * extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n   * added a RSN workaround for misbehaving PMF APs that advertise\n     IGTK/BIP KeyID using incorrect byte order\n   * fixed PTK rekeying with FILS and FT\n   * fixed WPA packet number reuse with replayed messages and key\n     reinstallation\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2017-1/] (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078,\n     CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13082,\n     CVE-2017-13086, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088)\n   * fixed unauthenticated EAPOL-Key decryption in wpa_supplicant\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2018-1/] (CVE-2018-14526)\n   * added support for FILS (IEEE 802.11ai) shared key authentication\n   * added support for OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption, RFC 8110;\n     and transition mode defined by WFA)\n   * added support for DPP (Wi-Fi Device Provisioning Protocol)\n   * added support for RSA 3k key case with Suite B 192-bit level\n   * fixed Suite B PMKSA caching not to update PMKID during each 4-way\n     handshake\n   * fixed EAP-pwd pre-processing with PasswordHashHash\n   * added EAP-pwd client support for salted passwords\n   * fixed a regression in TDLS prohibited bit validation\n   * started to use estimated throughput to avoid undesired signal\n     strength based roaming decision\n   * MACsec/MKA:\n     - new macsec_linux driver interface support for the Linux\n       kernel macsec module\n     - number of fixes and extensions\n   * added support for external persistent storage of PMKSA cache\n     (PMKSA_GET/PMKSA_ADD control interface commands; and\n      MESH_PMKSA_GET/MESH_PMKSA_SET for the mesh case)\n   * fixed mesh channel configuration pri/sec switch case\n   * added support for beacon report\n   * large number of other fixes, cleanup, and extensions\n   * added support for randomizing local address for GAS queries\n     (gas_rand_mac_addr parameter)\n   * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA/AKA' ext auth cases within TLS tunnel\n   * added option for using random WPS UUID (auto_uuid=1)\n   * added SHA256-hash support for OCSP certificate matching\n   * fixed EAP-AKA' to add AT_KDF into Synchronization-Failure\n   * fixed a regression in RSN pre-authentication candidate selection\n   * added option to configure allowed group management cipher suites\n     (group_mgmt network profile parameter)\n   * removed all PeerKey functionality\n   * fixed nl80211 AP and mesh mode configuration regression with\n     Linux 4.15 and newer\n   * added ap_isolate configuration option for AP mode\n   * added support for nl80211 to offload 4-way handshake into the driver\n   * added support for using wolfSSL cryptographic library\n   * SAE\n     - added support for configuring SAE password separately of the\n       WPA2 PSK/passphrase\n     - fixed PTK and EAPOL-Key integrity and key-wrap algorithm selection\n       for SAE;\n       note: this is not backwards compatible, i.e., both the AP and\n       station side implementations will need to be update at the same\n       time to maintain interoperability\n     - added support for Password Identifier\n     - fixed FT-SAE PMKID matching\n   * Hotspot 2.0\n     - added support for fetching of Operator Icon Metadata ANQP-element\n     - added support for Roaming Consortium Selection element\n     - added support for Terms and Conditions\n     - added support for OSEN connection in a shared RSN BSS\n     - added support for fetching Venue URL information\n   * added support for using OpenSSL 1.1.1\n   * FT\n     - disabled PMKSA caching with FT since it is not fully functional\n     - added support for SHA384 based AKM\n     - added support for BIP ciphers BIP-CMAC-256, BIP-GMAC-128,\n       BIP-GMAC-256 in addition to previously supported BIP-CMAC-128\n     - fixed additional IE inclusion in Reassociation Request frame when\n       using FT protocol\n\n- Changed service-files for start after network (systemd-networkd).\n\nThis update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.","status":"published","published":"2020-11-27T05:23:21Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:51:38.141965Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:31.517538Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:10846-1","title":"hostapd-2.9-6.2 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the hostapd-2.9-6.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:11:09.020358Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:34.894275Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:11515-1","title":"wpa_supplicant-2.9-13.4 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the wpa_supplicant-2.9-13.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:01:24.837626Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:35.195147Z"},{"id":"SUSE-SU-2020:3380-1","title":"Security update for wpa_supplicant","description":"This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:\n\nSecurity issue fixed:\n\n- CVE-2019-16275: Fixed an AP mode PMF disconnection protection bypass (bsc#1150934).\n\nNon-security issues fixed:\n\n- Enable SAE support (jsc#SLE-14992).\n- Limit P2P_DEVICE name to appropriate ifname size.\n- Fix wicked wlan (bsc#1156920)\n- Restore fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service (bsc#1167331)\n- With v2.9 fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service is obsolete (bsc#1167331)\n- Fix WLAN config on boot with wicked. (bsc#1166933)\n- Update to 2.9 release:\n   * SAE changes\n     - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n     - improved protection against side channel attacks\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n   * EAP-pwd changes\n     - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n     - allow the set of groups to be configured (eap_pwd_groups)\n     - improved protection against side channel attacks\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n   * fixed FT-EAP initial mobility domain association using PMKSA caching\n     (disabled by default for backwards compatibility; can be enabled\n     with ft_eap_pmksa_caching=1)\n   * fixed a regression in OpenSSL 1.1+ engine loading\n   * added validation of RSNE in (Re)Association Response frames\n   * fixed DPP bootstrapping URI parser of channel list\n   * extended EAP-SIM/AKA fast re-authentication to allow use with FILS\n   * extended ca_cert_blob to support PEM format\n   * improved robustness of P2P Action frame scheduling\n   * added support for EAP-SIM/AKA using anonymous@realm identity\n   * fixed Hotspot 2.0 credential selection based on roaming consortium\n     to ignore credentials without a specific EAP method\n   * added experimental support for EAP-TEAP peer (RFC 7170)\n   * added experimental support for EAP-TLS peer with TLS v1.3\n   * fixed a regression in WMM parameter configuration for a TDLS peer\n   * fixed a regression in operation with drivers that offload 802.1X\n     4-way handshake\n   * fixed an ECDH operation corner case with OpenSSL\n   * SAE changes\n     - added support for SAE Password Identifier\n     - changed default configuration to enable only groups 19, 20, 21\n       (i.e., disable groups 25 and 26) and disable all unsuitable groups\n       completely based on REVmd changes\n     - do not regenerate PWE unnecessarily when the AP uses the\n       anti-clogging token mechanisms\n     - fixed some association cases where both SAE and FT-SAE were enabled\n       on both the station and the selected AP\n     - started to prefer FT-SAE over SAE AKM if both are enabled\n     - started to prefer FT-SAE over FT-PSK if both are enabled\n     - fixed FT-SAE when SAE PMKSA caching is used\n     - reject use of unsuitable groups based on new implementation guidance\n       in REVmd (allow only FFC groups with prime \u003e= 3072 bits and ECC\n       groups with prime \u003e= 256)\n     - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/] (CVE-2019-9494, bsc#1131868)\n   * EAP-pwd changes\n     - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-2/] (CVE-2019-9495, bsc#1131870)\n     - verify server scalar/element\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/] (CVE-2019-9497, CVE-2019-9498,\n       CVE-2019-9499, bsc#1131874, bsc#1131872, bsc#1131871, bsc#1131644)\n     - fix message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-5/] (CVE-2019-11555, bsc#1133640)\n     - enforce rand,mask generation rules more strictly\n     - fix a memory leak in PWE derivation\n     - disallow ECC groups with a prime under 256 bits (groups 25, 26, and\n       27)\n     - SAE/EAP-pwd side-channel attack update\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/] (CVE-2019-13377, bsc#1144443)\n   * fixed CONFIG_IEEE80211R=y (FT) build without CONFIG_FILS=y\n   * Hotspot 2.0 changes\n     - do not indicate release number that is higher than the one\n       AP supports\n     - added support for release number 3\n     - enable PMF automatically for network profiles created from\n       credentials\n   * fixed OWE network profile saving\n   * fixed DPP network profile saving\n   * added support for RSN operating channel validation\n     (CONFIG_OCV=y and network profile parameter ocv=1)\n   * added Multi-AP backhaul STA support\n   * fixed build with LibreSSL\n   * number of MKA/MACsec fixes and extensions\n   * extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n   * fixed dNSName matching in domain_match and domain_suffix_match when\n     using wolfSSL\n   * started to prefer FT-EAP-SHA384 over WPA-EAP-SUITE-B-192 AKM if both\n     are enabled\n   * extended nl80211 Connect and external authentication to support\n     SAE, FT-SAE, FT-EAP-SHA384\n   * fixed KEK2 derivation for FILS+FT\n   * extended client_cert file to allow loading of a chain of PEM\n     encoded certificates\n   * extended beacon reporting functionality\n   * extended D-Bus interface with number of new properties\n   * fixed a regression in FT-over-DS with mac80211-based drivers\n   * OpenSSL: allow systemwide policies to be overridden\n   * extended driver flags indication for separate 802.1X and PSK\n     4-way handshake offload capability\n   * added support for random P2P Device/Interface Address use\n   * extended PEAP to derive EMSK to enable use with ERP/FILS\n   * extended WPS to allow SAE configuration to be added automatically\n     for PSK (wps_cred_add_sae=1)\n   * removed support for the old D-Bus interface (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS)\n   * extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n   * added a RSN workaround for misbehaving PMF APs that advertise\n     IGTK/BIP KeyID using incorrect byte order\n   * fixed PTK rekeying with FILS and FT\n   * fixed WPA packet number reuse with replayed messages and key\n     reinstallation\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2017-1/] (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078,\n     CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13082,\n     CVE-2017-13086, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088)\n   * fixed unauthenticated EAPOL-Key decryption in wpa_supplicant\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2018-1/] (CVE-2018-14526)\n   * added support for FILS (IEEE 802.11ai) shared key authentication\n   * added support for OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption, RFC 8110;\n     and transition mode defined by WFA)\n   * added support for DPP (Wi-Fi Device Provisioning Protocol)\n   * added support for RSA 3k key case with Suite B 192-bit level\n   * fixed Suite B PMKSA caching not to update PMKID during each 4-way\n     handshake\n   * fixed EAP-pwd pre-processing with PasswordHashHash\n   * added EAP-pwd client support for salted passwords\n   * fixed a regression in TDLS prohibited bit validation\n   * started to use estimated throughput to avoid undesired signal\n     strength based roaming decision\n   * MACsec/MKA:\n     - new macsec_linux driver interface support for the Linux\n       kernel macsec module\n     - number of fixes and extensions\n   * added support for external persistent storage of PMKSA cache\n     (PMKSA_GET/PMKSA_ADD control interface commands; and\n      MESH_PMKSA_GET/MESH_PMKSA_SET for the mesh case)\n   * fixed mesh channel configuration pri/sec switch case\n   * added support for beacon report\n   * large number of other fixes, cleanup, and extensions\n   * added support for randomizing local address for GAS queries\n     (gas_rand_mac_addr parameter)\n   * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA/AKA' ext auth cases within TLS tunnel\n   * added option for using random WPS UUID (auto_uuid=1)\n   * added SHA256-hash support for OCSP certificate matching\n   * fixed EAP-AKA' to add AT_KDF into Synchronization-Failure\n   * fixed a regression in RSN pre-authentication candidate selection\n   * added option to configure allowed group management cipher suites\n     (group_mgmt network profile parameter)\n   * removed all PeerKey functionality\n   * fixed nl80211 AP and mesh mode configuration regression with\n     Linux 4.15 and newer\n   * added ap_isolate configuration option for AP mode\n   * added support for nl80211 to offload 4-way handshake into the driver\n   * added support for using wolfSSL cryptographic library\n   * SAE\n     - added support for configuring SAE password separately of the\n       WPA2 PSK/passphrase\n     - fixed PTK and EAPOL-Key integrity and key-wrap algorithm selection\n       for SAE;\n       note: this is not backwards compatible, i.e., both the AP and\n       station side implementations will need to be update at the same\n       time to maintain interoperability\n     - added support for Password Identifier\n     - fixed FT-SAE PMKID matching\n   * Hotspot 2.0\n     - added support for fetching of Operator Icon Metadata ANQP-element\n     - added support for Roaming Consortium Selection element\n     - added support for Terms and Conditions\n     - added support for OSEN connection in a shared RSN BSS\n     - added support for fetching Venue URL information\n   * added support for using OpenSSL 1.1.1\n   * FT\n     - disabled PMKSA caching with FT since it is not fully functional\n     - added support for SHA384 based AKM\n     - added support for BIP ciphers BIP-CMAC-256, BIP-GMAC-128,\n       BIP-GMAC-256 in addition to previously supported BIP-CMAC-128\n     - fixed additional IE inclusion in Reassociation Request frame when\n       using FT protocol\n\n- Changed service-files for start after network (systemd-networkd).\n","status":"published","published":"2020-11-19T08:31:42Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:01:18.507336Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:48.11786Z"},{"id":"SUSE-SU-2020:3424-1","title":"Security update for wpa_supplicant","description":"This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:\n\nwpa_supplicant was updated to 2.9 release:\n\n   * SAE changes\n     - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n     - improved protection against side channel attacks\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n   * EAP-pwd changes\n     - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n     - allow the set of groups to be configured (eap_pwd_groups)\n     - improved protection against side channel attacks\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n   * fixed FT-EAP initial mobility domain association using PMKSA caching\n     (disabled by default for backwards compatibility; can be enabled\n     with ft_eap_pmksa_caching=1)\n   * fixed a regression in OpenSSL 1.1+ engine loading\n   * added validation of RSNE in (Re)Association Response frames\n   * fixed DPP bootstrapping URI parser of channel list\n   * extended EAP-SIM/AKA fast re-authentication to allow use with FILS\n   * extended ca_cert_blob to support PEM format\n   * improved robustness of P2P Action frame scheduling\n   * added support for EAP-SIM/AKA using anonymous@realm identity\n   * fixed Hotspot 2.0 credential selection based on roaming consortium\n     to ignore credentials without a specific EAP method\n   * added experimental support for EAP-TEAP peer (RFC 7170)\n   * added experimental support for EAP-TLS peer with TLS v1.3\n   * fixed a regression in WMM parameter configuration for a TDLS peer\n   * fixed a regression in operation with drivers that offload 802.1X\n     4-way handshake\n   * fixed an ECDH operation corner case with OpenSSL\n   * SAE changes\n     - added support for SAE Password Identifier\n     - changed default configuration to enable only groups 19, 20, 21\n       (i.e., disable groups 25 and 26) and disable all unsuitable groups\n       completely based on REVmd changes\n     - do not regenerate PWE unnecessarily when the AP uses the\n       anti-clogging token mechanisms\n     - fixed some association cases where both SAE and FT-SAE were enabled\n       on both the station and the selected AP\n     - started to prefer FT-SAE over SAE AKM if both are enabled\n     - started to prefer FT-SAE over FT-PSK if both are enabled\n     - fixed FT-SAE when SAE PMKSA caching is used\n     - reject use of unsuitable groups based on new implementation guidance\n       in REVmd (allow only FFC groups with prime \u003e= 3072 bits and ECC\n       groups with prime \u003e= 256)\n     - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/] (CVE-2019-9494, bsc#1131868)\n   * EAP-pwd changes\n     - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-2/] (CVE-2019-9495, bsc#1131870)\n     - verify server scalar/element\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/] (CVE-2019-9497, CVE-2019-9498,\n       CVE-2019-9499, bsc#1131874, bsc#1131872, bsc#1131871, bsc#1131644)\n     - fix message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-5/] (CVE-2019-11555, bsc#1133640)\n     - enforce rand,mask generation rules more strictly\n     - fix a memory leak in PWE derivation\n     - disallow ECC groups with a prime under 256 bits (groups 25, 26, and\n       27)\n     - SAE/EAP-pwd side-channel attack update\n       [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/] (CVE-2019-13377, bsc#1144443)\n   * fixed CONFIG_IEEE80211R=y (FT) build without CONFIG_FILS=y\n   * Hotspot 2.0 changes\n     - do not indicate release number that is higher than the one\n       AP supports\n     - added support for release number 3\n     - enable PMF automatically for network profiles created from\n       credentials\n   * fixed OWE network profile saving\n   * fixed DPP network profile saving\n   * added support for RSN operating channel validation\n     (CONFIG_OCV=y and network profile parameter ocv=1)\n   * added Multi-AP backhaul STA support\n   * fixed build with LibreSSL\n   * number of MKA/MACsec fixes and extensions\n   * extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n   * fixed dNSName matching in domain_match and domain_suffix_match when\n     using wolfSSL\n   * started to prefer FT-EAP-SHA384 over WPA-EAP-SUITE-B-192 AKM if both\n     are enabled\n   * extended nl80211 Connect and external authentication to support\n     SAE, FT-SAE, FT-EAP-SHA384\n   * fixed KEK2 derivation for FILS+FT\n   * extended client_cert file to allow loading of a chain of PEM\n     encoded certificates\n   * extended beacon reporting functionality\n   * extended D-Bus interface with number of new properties\n   * fixed a regression in FT-over-DS with mac80211-based drivers\n   * OpenSSL: allow systemwide policies to be overridden\n   * extended driver flags indication for separate 802.1X and PSK\n     4-way handshake offload capability\n   * added support for random P2P Device/Interface Address use\n   * extended PEAP to derive EMSK to enable use with ERP/FILS\n   * extended WPS to allow SAE configuration to be added automatically\n     for PSK (wps_cred_add_sae=1)\n   * removed support for the old D-Bus interface (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS)\n   * extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n   * added a RSN workaround for misbehaving PMF APs that advertise\n     IGTK/BIP KeyID using incorrect byte order\n   * fixed PTK rekeying with FILS and FT\n   * fixed WPA packet number reuse with replayed messages and key\n     reinstallation\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2017-1/] (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078,\n     CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13082,\n     CVE-2017-13086, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088)\n   * fixed unauthenticated EAPOL-Key decryption in wpa_supplicant\n     [https://w1.fi/security/2018-1/] (CVE-2018-14526)\n   * added support for FILS (IEEE 802.11ai) shared key authentication\n   * added support for OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption, RFC 8110;\n     and transition mode defined by WFA)\n   * added support for DPP (Wi-Fi Device Provisioning Protocol)\n   * added support for RSA 3k key case with Suite B 192-bit level\n   * fixed Suite B PMKSA caching not to update PMKID during each 4-way\n     handshake\n   * fixed EAP-pwd pre-processing with PasswordHashHash\n   * added EAP-pwd client support for salted passwords\n   * fixed a regression in TDLS prohibited bit validation\n   * started to use estimated throughput to avoid undesired signal\n     strength based roaming decision\n   * MACsec/MKA:\n     - new macsec_linux driver interface support for the Linux\n       kernel macsec module\n     - number of fixes and extensions\n   * added support for external persistent storage of PMKSA cache\n     (PMKSA_GET/PMKSA_ADD control interface commands; and\n      MESH_PMKSA_GET/MESH_PMKSA_SET for the mesh case)\n   * fixed mesh channel configuration pri/sec switch case\n   * added support for beacon report\n   * large number of other fixes, cleanup, and extensions\n   * added support for randomizing local address for GAS queries\n     (gas_rand_mac_addr parameter)\n   * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA/AKA' ext auth cases within TLS tunnel\n   * added option for using random WPS UUID (auto_uuid=1)\n   * added SHA256-hash support for OCSP certificate matching\n   * fixed EAP-AKA' to add AT_KDF into Synchronization-Failure\n   * fixed a regression in RSN pre-authentication candidate selection\n   * added option to configure allowed group management cipher suites\n     (group_mgmt network profile parameter)\n   * removed all PeerKey functionality\n   * fixed nl80211 AP and mesh mode configuration regression with\n     Linux 4.15 and newer\n   * added ap_isolate configuration option for AP mode\n   * added support for nl80211 to offload 4-way handshake into the driver\n   * added support for using wolfSSL cryptographic library\n   * SAE\n     - added support for configuring SAE password separately of the\n       WPA2 PSK/passphrase\n     - fixed PTK and EAPOL-Key integrity and key-wrap algorithm selection\n       for SAE;\n       note: this is not backwards compatible, i.e., both the AP and\n       station side implementations will need to be update at the same\n       time to maintain interoperability\n     - added support for Password Identifier\n     - fixed FT-SAE PMKID matching\n   * Hotspot 2.0\n     - added support for fetching of Operator Icon Metadata ANQP-element\n     - added support for Roaming Consortium Selection element\n     - added support for Terms and Conditions\n     - added support for OSEN connection in a shared RSN BSS\n     - added support for fetching Venue URL information\n   * added support for using OpenSSL 1.1.1\n   * FT\n     - disabled PMKSA caching with FT since it is not fully functional\n     - added support for SHA384 based AKM\n     - added support for BIP ciphers BIP-CMAC-256, BIP-GMAC-128,\n       BIP-GMAC-256 in addition to previously supported BIP-CMAC-128\n     - fixed additional IE inclusion in Reassociation Request frame when\n       using FT protocol\n\n- Limit P2P_DEVICE name to appropriate ifname size.\n- Enable SAE support(jsc#SLE-14992).\n- CVE-2019-16275: AP mode PMF disconnection protection bypass (bsc#1150934)\n- Fix wicked wlan (bsc#1156920)\n- Still include fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service (bsc#1167331)\n- Change wpa_supplicant.service to ensure wpa_supplicant gets started before\n  network. Fix WLAN config on boot with wicked. (bsc#1166933)\n- Adjust the service to start after network.target wrt bsc#1165266\n\n- Using O_WRONLY flag [http://w1.fi/security/2015-5/] (CVE-2015-8041)\n","status":"published","published":"2020-11-19T15:11:57Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:41:08.605642Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:48.11786Z"},{"id":"SUSE-SU-2022:1853-1","title":"Security update for wpa_supplicant","description":"This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:\n\n- CVE-2022-23303, CVE-2022-23304: Fixed SAE/EAP-pwd side-channel attacks (bsc#1194732, bsc#1194733)\n- CVE-2021-0326: Fixed P2P group information processing vulnerability (bsc#1181777)\n\n- Fix systemd device ready dependencies in wpa_supplicant@.service file. (bsc#1182805)\n\n- Limit P2P_DEVICE name to appropriate ifname size\n- Enable SAE support(jsc#SLE-14992).\n- Fix wicked wlan (bsc#1156920)\n- Change wpa_supplicant.service to ensure wpa_supplicant gets started before\n  network. Fix WLAN config on boot with wicked. (bsc#1166933)\n\n- Adjust the service to start after network.target wrt bsc#1165266\n\nUpdate to 2.9 release:\n\n* SAE changes\n  - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n  - improved protection against side channel attacks\n  [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n* EAP-pwd changes\n  - disable use of groups using Brainpool curves\n  - allow the set of groups to be configured (eap_pwd_groups)\n  - improved protection against side channel attacks\n  [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]\n* fixed FT-EAP initial mobility domain association using PMKSA caching\n  (disabled by default for backwards compatibility; can be enabled\n  with ft_eap_pmksa_caching=1)\n* fixed a regression in OpenSSL 1.1+ engine loading\n* added validation of RSNE in (Re)Association Response frames\n* fixed DPP bootstrapping URI parser of channel list\n* extended EAP-SIM/AKA fast re-authentication to allow use with FILS\n* extended ca_cert_blob to support PEM format\n* improved robustness of P2P Action frame scheduling\n* added support for EAP-SIM/AKA using anonymous@realm identity\n* fixed Hotspot 2.0 credential selection based on roaming consortium\n  to ignore credentials without a specific EAP method\n* added experimental support for EAP-TEAP peer (RFC 7170)\n* added experimental support for EAP-TLS peer with TLS v1.3\n* fixed a regression in WMM parameter configuration for a TDLS peer\n* fixed a regression in operation with drivers that offload 802.1X\n  4-way handshake\n* fixed an ECDH operation corner case with OpenSSL\n* SAE changes\n  - added support for SAE Password Identifier\n  - changed default configuration to enable only groups 19, 20, 21\n    (i.e., disable groups 25 and 26) and disable all unsuitable groups\n    completely based on REVmd changes\n  - do not regenerate PWE unnecessarily when the AP uses the\n    anti-clogging token mechanisms\n  - fixed some association cases where both SAE and FT-SAE were enabled\n    on both the station and the selected AP\n  - started to prefer FT-SAE over SAE AKM if both are enabled\n  - started to prefer FT-SAE over FT-PSK if both are enabled\n  - fixed FT-SAE when SAE PMKSA caching is used\n  - reject use of unsuitable groups based on new implementation guidance\n    in REVmd (allow only FFC groups with prime \u003e= 3072 bits and ECC\n    groups with prime \u003e= 256)\n  - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/] (CVE-2019-9494, bsc#1131868)\n* EAP-pwd changes\n  - minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-2/] (CVE-2019-9495, bsc#1131870)\n  - verify server scalar/element\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/] (CVE-2019-9497, CVE-2019-9498,\n    CVE-2019-9499, bsc#1131874, bsc#1131872, bsc#1131871, bsc#1131644)\n  - fix message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-5/] (CVE-2019-11555, bsc#1133640)\n  - enforce rand,mask generation rules more strictly\n  - fix a memory leak in PWE derivation\n  - disallow ECC groups with a prime under 256 bits (groups 25, 26, and\n    27)\n  - SAE/EAP-pwd side-channel attack update\n    [https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/] (CVE-2019-13377, bsc#1144443)\n* fixed CONFIG_IEEE80211R=y (FT) build without CONFIG_FILS=y\n* Hotspot 2.0 changes\n  - do not indicate release number that is higher than the one\n    AP supports\n  - added support for release number 3\n  - enable PMF automatically for network profiles created from\n    credentials\n* fixed OWE network profile saving\n* fixed DPP network profile saving\n* added support for RSN operating channel validation\n  (CONFIG_OCV=y and network profile parameter ocv=1)\n* added Multi-AP backhaul STA support\n* fixed build with LibreSSL\n* number of MKA/MACsec fixes and extensions\n* extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n* fixed dNSName matching in domain_match and domain_suffix_match when\n  using wolfSSL\n* started to prefer FT-EAP-SHA384 over WPA-EAP-SUITE-B-192 AKM if both\n  are enabled\n* extended nl80211 Connect and external authentication to support\n  SAE, FT-SAE, FT-EAP-SHA384\n* fixed KEK2 derivation for FILS+FT\n* extended client_cert file to allow loading of a chain of PEM\n  encoded certificates\n* extended beacon reporting functionality\n* extended D-Bus interface with number of new properties\n* fixed a regression in FT-over-DS with mac80211-based drivers\n* OpenSSL: allow systemwide policies to be overridden\n* extended driver flags indication for separate 802.1X and PSK\n  4-way handshake offload capability\n* added support for random P2P Device/Interface Address use\n* extended PEAP to derive EMSK to enable use with ERP/FILS\n* extended WPS to allow SAE configuration to be added automatically\n  for PSK (wps_cred_add_sae=1)\n* removed support for the old D-Bus interface (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS)\n* extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values\n* added a RSN workaround for misbehaving PMF APs that advertise\n  IGTK/BIP KeyID using incorrect byte order\n* fixed PTK rekeying with FILS and FT\n* fixed WPA packet number reuse with replayed messages and key\n  reinstallation\n  [https://w1.fi/security/2017-1/] (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078,\n  CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13082,\n  CVE-2017-13086, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088)\n* fixed unauthenticated EAPOL-Key decryption in wpa_supplicant\n  [https://w1.fi/security/2018-1/] (CVE-2018-14526)\n* added support for FILS (IEEE 802.11ai) shared key authentication\n* added support for OWE (Opportunistic Wireless Encryption, RFC 8110;\n  and transition mode defined by WFA)\n* added support for DPP (Wi-Fi Device Provisioning Protocol)\n* added support for RSA 3k key case with Suite B 192-bit level\n* fixed Suite B PMKSA caching not to update PMKID during each 4-way\n  handshake\n* fixed EAP-pwd pre-processing with PasswordHashHash\n* added EAP-pwd client support for salted passwords\n* fixed a regression in TDLS prohibited bit validation\n* started to use estimated throughput to avoid undesired signal\n  strength based roaming decision\n* MACsec/MKA:\n  - new macsec_linux driver interface support for the Linux\n    kernel macsec module\n  - number of fixes and extensions\n* added support for external persistent storage of PMKSA cache\n  (PMKSA_GET/PMKSA_ADD control interface commands; and\n   MESH_PMKSA_GET/MESH_PMKSA_SET for the mesh case)\n* fixed mesh channel configuration pri/sec switch case\n* added support for beacon report\n* large number of other fixes, cleanup, and extensions\n* added support for randomizing local address for GAS queries\n  (gas_rand_mac_addr parameter)\n* fixed EAP-SIM/AKA/AKA' ext auth cases within TLS tunnel\n* added option for using random WPS UUID (auto_uuid=1)\n* added SHA256-hash support for OCSP certificate matching\n* fixed EAP-AKA' to add AT_KDF into Synchronization-Failure\n* fixed a regression in RSN pre-authentication candidate selection\n* added option to configure allowed group management cipher suites\n  (group_mgmt network profile parameter)\n* removed all PeerKey functionality\n* fixed nl80211 AP and mesh mode configuration regression with\n  Linux 4.15 and newer\n* added ap_isolate configuration option for AP mode\n* added support for nl80211 to offload 4-way handshake into the driver\n* added support for using wolfSSL cryptographic library\n* SAE\n  - added support for configuring SAE password separately of the\n    WPA2 PSK/passphrase\n  - fixed PTK and EAPOL-Key integrity and key-wrap algorithm selection\n    for SAE;\n    note: this is not backwards compatible, i.e., both the AP and\n    station side implementations will need to be update at the same\n    time to maintain interoperability\n  - added support for Password Identifier\n  - fixed FT-SAE PMKID matching\n* Hotspot 2.0\n  - added support for fetching of Operator Icon Metadata ANQP-element\n  - added support for Roaming Consortium Selection element\n  - added support for Terms and Conditions\n  - added support for OSEN connection in a shared RSN BSS\n  - added support for fetching Venue URL information\n* added support for using OpenSSL 1.1.1\n* FT\n  - disabled PMKSA caching with FT since it is not fully functional\n  - added support for SHA384 based AKM\n  - added support for BIP ciphers BIP-CMAC-256, BIP-GMAC-128,\n    BIP-GMAC-256 in addition to previously supported BIP-CMAC-128\n  - fixed additional IE inclusion in Reassociation Request frame when\n    using FT protocol\n\n- CVE-2015-8041: Using O_WRONLY flag [http://w1.fi/security/2015-5/]","status":"published","published":"2022-05-26T07:12:18Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:36:09.12578Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:50.513981Z"}]}}