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Amazon Linux 2 : NetworkManager (ALAS-2020-1498)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141958

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1498 advisory.

 - It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and 802-1x.phase2-ca-path settings, when creating a new profile. When a user connects to a network using this profile, the authentication does not happen and the connection is made insecurely. (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

Run 'yum update NetworkManager' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1498.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10754

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141958

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1498.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2020

Updated: 10/28/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-adsl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-config-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-dispatcher-routing-rules, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-glib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-libnm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-libnm-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-ppp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-team, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-tui, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-wifi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:networkmanager-wwan, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10754

ALAS: 2020-1498