TITLE:
Mandriva update for hostapd

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20265

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20265/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2006
http://secunia.com/product/9020/

DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for hostapd. This fixes a
vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people
to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA19966

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Mandrivalinux 2006

4d85ab25bff640f3176c5bb55ddcc214 
2006.0/RPMS/hostapd-0.3.7-2.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 fe727611379d2f48798361d8d2be4bc1 
2006.0/SRPMS/hostapd-0.3.7-2.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandrivalinux 2006/X86_64

a1952ce345775472df1aa7636fd7b5cc 
x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/hostapd-0.3.7-2.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 fe727611379d2f48798361d8d2be4bc1 
x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/hostapd-0.3.7-2.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:088

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19966:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19966/

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