vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2021-27803: ELSA-2021-0808: wpa_supplicant security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 25, 2021
Added
Mar 11, 2021
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in how p2p/p2p_pd.c in wpa_supplicant before 2.10 processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. It could result in denial of service or other impact (potentially execution of arbitrary code), for an attacker within radio range.
A flaw was found in the wpa_supplicant, in the way it processes P2P (Wi-Fi Direct) provision discovery requests. This flaw allows an attacker who is within radio range of the device running P2P discovery to cause termination of the wpa_supplicant process or potentially cause code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-wpa-supplicant
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