RHEL 8 : NetworkManager (RHSA-2020:3011)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138806

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for NetworkManager.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3011 advisory.

- NetworkManager: user configuration not honoured leaving the connection unauthenticated via insecure defaults (CVE-2020-10754)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL NetworkManager package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:3011.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?94b9c9cd

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3011

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1841041

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1843357

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138806

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3011.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2020

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10754

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-adsl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-cloud-setup, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-config-connectivity-redhat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-config-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-dispatcher-routing-rules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-libnm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-libnm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-ovs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-ppp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-team, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-tui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-wifi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:networkmanager-wwan

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10754

CWE: 306

RHSA: 2020:3011