Ubuntu 20.10 : NetworkManager vulnerability (USN-4914-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 148554

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4914-1 advisory.

NetworkManager could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4914-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 148554

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4914-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/14/2021

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20297

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-config-connectivity-debian, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:network-manager-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-nm-1.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnm0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20297

USN: 4914-1