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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : Recommended update for NetworkManager-kde4 (SUSE-SU-2016:1465-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91651

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This NetworkManager-kde4 update fixes the following security and non security issues :

 - Fixed a long standing security issue. This makes knetworkmanager probe the RADIUS server for a CA certificate subject and hash if no CA certificate is specified. knetworkmanager then stores this data and send it to NetworkManager for it to do a network validation in the absence of a real certificate (bsc#726349)

 - Disabled the loading by default of the NetworkManager plasma applet since it doesn't work.

 - Fixed a crash due to the use of an uninitialized variable in the plasma applet in case someone runs it manually (bsc#663413)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch slessp4-NetworkManager-kde4-12590=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-NetworkManager-kde4-12590=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663413

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=726349

http://www.nessus.org/u?f39df6aa

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91651

File Name: suse_SU-2016-1465-1.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/17/2016

Updated: 4/2/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-pptp-kde4, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:plasmoid-networkmanagement, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-kde4-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-kde4-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-kde4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-openvpn-kde4

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2016