ChangeLog for wpa_supplicant

2019-08-07 - v2.9
* SAE changes
- disable use of groups using Brainpool curves
- improved protection against side channel attacks
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-

ChangeLog for wpa_supplicant

2019-08-07 - v2.9
* SAE changes
- disable use of groups using Brainpool curves
- improved protection against side channel attacks
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]
* EAP-pwd changes
- disable use of groups using Brainpool curves
- improved protection against side channel attacks
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]
* fixed FT-EAP initial mobility domain association using PMKSA caching
* added configuration of airtime policy
* fixed FILS to and RSNE into (Re)Association Response frames
* fixed DPP bootstrapping URI parser of channel list
* added support for regulatory WMM limitation (for ETSI)
* added support for MACsec Key Agreement using IEEE 802.1X/PSK
* added experimental support for EAP-TEAP server (RFC 7170)
* added experimental support for EAP-TLS server with TLS v1.3
* added support for two server certificates/keys (RSA/ECC)
* added AKMSuiteSelector into "STA <addr>" control interface data to
determine with AKM was used for an association
* added eap_sim_id parameter to allow EAP-SIM/AKA server pseudonym and
fast reauthentication use to be disabled
* fixed an ECDH operation corner case with OpenSSL

2019-04-21 - v2.8
* SAE changes
- added support for SAE Password Identifier
- changed default configuration to enable only group 19
(i.e., disable groups 20, 21, 25, 26 from default configuration) and
disable all unsuitable groups completely based on REVmd changes
- improved anti-clogging token mechanism and SAE authentication
frame processing during heavy CPU load; this mitigates some issues
with potential DoS attacks trying to flood an AP with large number
of SAE messages
- added Finite Cyclic Group field in status code 77 responses
- reject use of unsuitable groups based on new implementation guidance
in REVmd (allow only FFC groups with prime >= 3072 bits and ECC
groups with prime >= 256)
- minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/] (CVE-2019-9494)
- fixed confirm message validation in error cases
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-3/] (CVE-2019-9496)
* EAP-pwd changes
- minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-2/] (CVE-2019-9495)
- verify peer scalar/element
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/] (CVE-2019-9497 and CVE-2019-9498)
- fix message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-5/]
- enforce rand,mask generation rules more strictly
- fix a memory leak in PWE derivation
- disallow ECC groups with a prime under 256 bits (groups 25, 26, and
27)
* Hotspot 2.0 changes
- added support for release number 3
- reject release 2 or newer association without PMF
* added support for RSN operating channel validation
(CONFIG_OCV=y and configuration parameter ocv=1)
* added Multi-AP protocol support
* added FTM responder configuration
* fixed build with LibreSSL
* added FT/RRB workaround for short Ethernet frame padding
* fixed KEK2 derivation for FILS+FT
* added RSSI-based association rejection from OCE
* extended beacon reporting functionality
* VLAN changes
- allow local VLAN management with remote RADIUS authentication
- add WPA/WPA2 passphrase/PSK -based VLAN assignment
* OpenSSL: allow systemwide policies to be overridden
* extended PEAP to derive EMSK to enable use with ERP/FILS
* extended WPS to allow SAE configuration to be added automatically
for PSK (wps_cred_add_sae=1)
* fixed FT and SA Query Action frame with AP-MLME-in-driver cases
* OWE: allow Diffie-Hellman Parameter element to be included with DPP
in preparation for DPP protocol extension
* RADIUS server: started to accept ERP keyName-NAI as user identity
automatically without matching EAP database entry
* fixed PTK rekeying with FILS and FT

ChangeLog for hostapd

2019-08-07 - v2.9
* SAE changes
- disable use of groups using Brainpool curves
- improved protection against side channel attacks
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]
* EAP-pwd changes
- disable use of groups using Brainpool curves
- allow the set of groups to be configured (eap_pwd_groups)
- improved protection against side channel attacks
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-6/]
* fixed FT-EAP initial mobility domain association using PMKSA caching
(disabled by default for backwards compatibility; can be enabled
with ft_eap_pmksa_caching=1)
* fixed a regression in OpenSSL 1.1+ engine loading
* added validation of RSNE in (Re)Association Response frames
* fixed DPP bootstrapping URI parser of channel list
* extended EAP-SIM/AKA fast re-authentication to allow use with FILS
* extended ca_cert_blob to support PEM format
* improved robustness of P2P Action frame scheduling
* added support for EAP-SIM/AKA using anonymous@realm identity
* fixed Hotspot 2.0 credential selection based on roaming consortium
to ignore credentials without a specific EAP method
* added experimental support for EAP-TEAP peer (RFC 7170)
* added experimental support for EAP-TLS peer with TLS v1.3
* fixed a regression in WMM parameter configuration for a TDLS peer
* fixed a regression in operation with drivers that offload 802.1X
4-way handshake
* fixed an ECDH operation corner case with OpenSSL

2019-04-21 - v2.8
* SAE changes
- added support for SAE Password Identifier
- changed default configuration to enable only groups 19, 20, 21
(i.e., disable groups 25 and 26) and disable all unsuitable groups
completely based on REVmd changes
- do not regenerate PWE unnecessarily when the AP uses the
anti-clogging token mechanisms
- fixed some association cases where both SAE and FT-SAE were enabled
on both the station and the selected AP
- started to prefer FT-SAE over SAE AKM if both are enabled
- started to prefer FT-SAE over FT-PSK if both are enabled
- fixed FT-SAE when SAE PMKSA caching is used
- reject use of unsuitable groups based on new implementation guidance
in REVmd (allow only FFC groups with prime >= 3072 bits and ECC
groups with prime >= 256)
- minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-1/] (CVE-2019-9494)
* EAP-pwd changes
- minimize timing and memory use differences in PWE derivation
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-2/] (CVE-2019-9495)
- verify server scalar/element
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-4/] (CVE-2019-9499)
- fix message reassembly issue with unexpected fragment
[https://w1.fi/security/2019-5/]
- enforce rand,mask generation rules more strictly
- fix a memory leak in PWE derivation
- disallow ECC groups with a prime under 256 bits (groups 25, 26, and
27)
* fixed CONFIG_IEEE80211R=y (FT) build without CONFIG_FILS=y
* Hotspot 2.0 changes
- do not indicate release number that is higher than the one
AP supports
- added support for release number 3
- enable PMF automatically for network profiles created from
credentials
* fixed OWE network profile saving
* fixed DPP network profile saving
* added support for RSN operating channel validation
(CONFIG_OCV=y and network profile parameter ocv=1)
* added Multi-AP backhaul STA support
* fixed build with LibreSSL
* number of MKA/MACsec fixes and extensions
* extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values
* fixed dNSName matching in domain_match and domain_suffix_match when
using wolfSSL
* started to prefer FT-EAP-SHA384 over WPA-EAP-SUITE-B-192 AKM if both
are enabled
* extended nl80211 Connect and external authentication to support
SAE, FT-SAE, FT-EAP-SHA384
* fixed KEK2 derivation for FILS+FT
* extended client_cert file to allow loading of a chain of PEM
encoded certificates
* extended beacon reporting functionality
* extended D-Bus interface with number of new properties
* fixed a regression in FT-over-DS with mac80211-based drivers
* OpenSSL: allow systemwide policies to be overridden
* extended driver flags indication for separate 802.1X and PSK
4-way handshake offload capability
* added support for random P2P Device/Interface Address use
* extended PEAP to derive EMSK to enable use with ERP/FILS
* extended WPS to allow SAE configuration to be added automatically
for PSK (wps_cred_add_sae=1)
* removed support for the old D-Bus interface (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS)
* extended domain_match and domain_suffix_match to allow list of values
* added a RSN workaround for misbehaving PMF APs that advertise
IGTK/BIP KeyID using incorrect byte order
* fixed PTK rekeying with FILS and FT

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