RHEL 8 : NetworkManager and libnma (RHSA-2021:1574)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 149695

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1574 advisory.

- NetworkManager: Profile with match.path setting triggers crash (CVE-2021-20297)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 149695

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1574.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/19/2021

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: 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: 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, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libnma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libnma-devel

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: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20297

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2021:1574

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