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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-fc21e3856b
2017-11-15 15:47:48.464925
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Name : hostapd
Product : Fedora 27
Version : 2.6
Release : 6.fc27
URL :
http://w1.fi/hostapd
Summary : IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
Description :
hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It
implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP
Authenticators and RADIUS authentication server.
hostapd is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the back-ground and
acts as the backend component controlling authentication. hostapd supports
separate frontend programs and an example text-based frontend, hostapd_cli, is
included with hostapd.
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Update Information:
Latest hostapd release with KRACK patches applied.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1503874 - KRACK affects hostapd
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503874
[ 2 ] Bug #1502588 - CVE-2017-13077 CVE-2017-13078 CVE-2017-13079 CVE-2017-13080
CVE-2017-13081 CVE-2017-13082 CVE-2017-13086 CVE-2017-13087 CVE-2017-13088 hostapd:
various flaws [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1502588
[ 3 ] Bug #1468942 - attempting to create Access Point overrides modprobe for wifi and
crashes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468942
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade hostapd' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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