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openSUSE Security Update : NetworkManager-vpnc (openSUSE-2018-859)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111779

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for NetworkManager-vpnc fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2018-10900: Check configurations that contain newline characters and invalidate them to avoid security attacks (bsc#1101147).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected NetworkManager-vpnc packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111779

File Name: openSUSE-2018-859.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/16/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-vpnc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-vpnc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-vpnc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-vpnc-gnome, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-vpnc-gnome-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-vpnc-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Network Manager VPNC Username Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10900