CentOS 9 : NetworkManager-1.43.10-1.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191336

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates for NetworkManager.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NetworkManager-1.43.10-1.el9 build changelog.

- 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)

- An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Systemd 245. A specially crafted DHCP FORCERENEW packet can cause a server running the DHCP client to be vulnerable to a DHCP ACK spoofing attack. An attacker can forge a pair of FORCERENEW and DCHP ACK packets to reconfigure the server. (CVE-2020-13529)

- A flaw was found in NetworkManager in versions before 1.30.0. Setting match.path and activating a profile crashes NetworkManager. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
(CVE-2021-20297)

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

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream NetworkManager package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=33759

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191336

File Name: centos9_networkmanager-1_43_10-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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: 3.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-adsl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-libnm-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-ovs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-ppp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-team, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-tui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-wifi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-wwan, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-cloud-setup, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-config-connectivity-redhat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-config-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-dispatcher-routing-rules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-initscripts-updown, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:networkmanager-libnm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10754, CVE-2020-13529, CVE-2021-20297