Fedora 22 : NetworkManager-1.0.2-1.fc22 / NetworkManager-openconnect-1.0.2-1.fc22 / etc (2015-7767)

low Nessus Plugin ID 83338

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This is an update of NetworkManager, the VPN plugins, applet and connection editor to 1.0.2 stable release.

The update includes bug fixes, feature additions, translation updates and a fix for the CVE-2015-2924 denial of service security issue with low impact.

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209902

http://www.nessus.org/u?21475616

http://www.nessus.org/u?2d79896f

http://www.nessus.org/u?bef831cf

http://www.nessus.org/u?963d91ca

http://www.nessus.org/u?2faa90e2

http://www.nessus.org/u?75df4d83

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 83338

File Name: fedora_2015-7767.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:networkmanager-openconnect, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:networkmanager-openswan, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:networkmanager-openvpn, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:networkmanager-vpnc, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:network-manager-applet, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2924

FEDORA: 2015-7767