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Posted on 06 August 2024
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5739-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
August 06, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : wpa
CVE ID : CVE-2024-5290
Rory McNamara reported a local privilege escalation in wpasupplicant: A
user able to escalate to the netdev group can load arbitrary shared
object files in the context of the wpa_supplicant process running as
root.
For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed
in version 2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2.
For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 2:2.10-12+deb12u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your wpa packages.
For the detailed security status of wpa please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wpa
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
