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Subject: [Bug 194122] New: add a security caution to wpa_supplicant.conf.5
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:21:11 +0000
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194122

            Bug ID: 194122
           Summary: add a security caution to wpa_supplicant.conf.5
           Product: Base System
           Version: 11.0-CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: Needs Triage
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: wireless
          Assignee: freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: jhs@berklix.com

Created attachment 147946
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=147946&action=edit
patch for wpa_supplicant.conf.5

+ Security Caution, If you assert scan_ssid=1 (Instead of default scan_ssid=0):
+ .in +2
+ Instead of just sending a broadcast Probe Request frame,
+ FreeBSD would also send directed Probe Request frames with specific names.
+ Those network names would be observable to hostile 3rd parties,
+ & could be abused as per
+ http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28891937
+ http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2014-October/005097.html
+ .in -2

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