Security update for wpa_supplicant

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:0977-1
Release Date:	2025-03-21T08:26:03Z
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1239461
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-24912
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-24912 ( SUSE ): 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-24912 ( NVD ): 3.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP6 openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2025-24912: Fixed hostapd failing to process crafted RADIUS packets properly (bsc#1239461)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-977=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-977=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-977=1

Package List:

• Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • wpa_supplicant-2.10-150600.7.6.1
  • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.10-150600.7.6.1
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.10-150600.7.6.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-2.10-150600.7.6.1
  • wpa_supplicant-2.10-150600.7.6.1
  • wpa_supplicant-gui-2.10-150600.7.6.1
  • wpa_supplicant-gui-debuginfo-2.10-150600.7.6.1
  • wpa_supplicant-debugsource-2.10-150600.7.6.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24912.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239461