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Fedora 15 : NetworkManager-0.9.1.90-1.git20110927.fc15 (2011-13388)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56341

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes security issue in ifcfg-rh plugin (CVE-2011-3364).
In addition, it updates to 0.9.1.90 featuring :

 - ability to delete connections from nmcli

 - correctly handles IPv6 link-local DNS servers when using the dnsmasq local caching nameserver plugin

 - fixes connection timestamps for VPN connections

 - fixes the path of iscsiadm

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected NetworkManager package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338

http://www.nessus.org/u?6ba87026

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56341

File Name: fedora_2011-13388.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:networkmanager, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3364

BID: 49785

FEDORA: 2011-13388