openSUSE Security Update: Validate the message length of EAP-TLS to avoid DoS ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:1371-1 Rating: low References: #781740 Cross-References: CVE-2012-4445 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.2 openSUSE 12.1 openSUSE 11.4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This patch validated the message length of EAP-TLS to avoid the potential DoS attack Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-718 - openSUSE 12.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-718 - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-718 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64): hostapd-1.0-2.4.1 hostapd-debuginfo-1.0-2.4.1 hostapd-debugsource-1.0-2.4.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64): hostapd-0.7.3-2.4.1 hostapd-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.4.1 hostapd-debugsource-0.7.3-2.4.1 - openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64): hostapd-0.6.10-9.1 hostapd-debuginfo-0.6.10-9.1 hostapd-debugsource-0.6.10-9.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4445.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/781740