CVE-2024-5290 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2024-5290: An issue was discovered in Ubuntu wpa_supplicant that resulted in loading of arbitrary shared objects, which allows a local unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges to the user that wpa_supplicant runs as (usually root). Membership in the netdev group or access to the dbus interface of wpa_s

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2024-5290 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

wpa→ fixed in2:2.9.0-21+deb11u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y wpa
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

wpa→ fixed in2:2.10-12+deb12u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y wpa
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

wpa→ fixed in2:2.10-22urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y wpa
```

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