Slackware Linux released updated wpa_supplicant packages to resolve multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Wi-Fi authentication. The new version 2.12 builds ship for both Slackware 15.0 and the rolling -current branch across i586, i686, and x86_64 architectures.

wpa_supplicant (SSA:2026-220-01)

wpa_supplicant (SSA:2026-220-01)

wpa_supplicant (SSA:2026-220-01)

New wpa_supplicant packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed various security issues.
For more information, see:
https://w1.fi/security/
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
( http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/wpa_supplicant-2.12-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/wpa_supplicant-2.12-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/wpa_supplicant-2.12-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
8c0aa6982fe4a7f53730b3fc120317ec wpa_supplicant-2.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
493f96c0bec668d56511febe39d6d3ba wpa_supplicant-2.12-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
3f997382a35548409b90eb98aafd704d n/wpa_supplicant-2.12-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
74b72ef50b77b251649eceff17115518 n/wpa_supplicant-2.12-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg wpa_supplicant-2.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key