A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
Ubuntu 15.04
Ubuntu 14.10
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
wpa_supplicant could be made to crash, expose memory, or run programs if it
received specially crafted network traffic.
Software description
wpa
– client support for WPA and WPA2
Details
It was discovered that wpa_supplicant incorrectly handled SSID information when creating or updating P2P peer entries. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause wpa_supplicant to crash, resulting in a denial of service, expose memory contents, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
Ubuntu Security Notice 2576-1 – Tavis Ormandy discovered that usb-creator was missing an authentication check. A local attacker could use this issue to gain elevated privileges.
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