{"id":"MGASA-2014-0429","summary":"Updated wpa_supplicant and hostapd packages fix security vulnerability","details":"A vulnerability was found in the mechanism wpa_cli and hostapd_cli use\nfor executing action scripts. An unsanitized string received from a\nremote device can be passed to a system() call resulting in arbitrary\ncommand execution under the privileges of the wpa_cli/hostapd_cli\nprocess (which may be root in common use cases) (CVE-2014-3686).\n\nUsing the Mageia wpa_supplicant package, systems are exposed to the\nvulnerability if operating as a WPS registrar.\n\nThe Mageia hostapd package was not vulnerable with the configuration with\nwhich it was built, but if a sysadmin had rebuilt it with WPS enabled, it\nwould be vulnerable.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:41.925798449Z","published":"2014-10-28T11:33:36Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-3686"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14262"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://w1.fi/security/2014-1/wpacli-action-scripts.txt"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wpa_supplicant","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/wpa_supplicant?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1-4.1.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.json"}},{"package":{"name":"hostapd","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/hostapd?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1-2.1.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.json"}},{"package":{"name":"wpa_supplicant","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/wpa_supplicant?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0-2.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.json"}},{"package":{"name":"hostapd","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/hostapd?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0-2.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0429.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}