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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-5910
2015-04-10 02:58:36
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Name        : netcf
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 0.2.8
Release     : 1.fc20
URL         : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement
Summary     : Cross-platform network configuration library
Description :
Netcf is a library used to modify the network configuration of a
system. Network configurations are expressed in a platform-independent
XML format, which netcf translates into changes to the system's
'native' network configuration files.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE 2014-8119, as well as adding a few other minor bugfixes and enhancements (support for multiple IPv4 addresses, simultaneous static & dhcp for IPv4)
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Apr  8 2015 Laine Stump  - 0.2.8-1
- rebase to netcf-0.2.8
 - resolve CVE-2014-8119
 - Fix build on systems with newer libnl3 that doesn't
    - support multiple IPv4 addresses in interface config (redhat driver)
 - allow static IPv4 config simultaneous with DHCPv4 (redhat driver)
 - recognize IPADDR0/NETMASK0/PREFIX0
 - remove extra quotes from IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES (redhat+suse drivers)
 - miscellaneous systemd service fixes
 - use git to apply patches in rpm specfile
 - allow interleaved elements in interface XML schema
 - allow  element in vlan and bond interfaces
 - report link state/speed in interface status
 - change DHCPv6 to DHCPV6C in ifcfg files
 - max vlan id is 4095, not 4096
 - wait for IFF_UP and IFF_RUNNING after calling ifup
 - don't require IFF_RUNNING for bridge devices
 - avoid memory leak in debian when listing interfaces
 - avoid use of uninitialized data when getting mac address
   (fixes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046594 )
 - limit interface names to IFNAMSIZ-1 characters in length
 - support systemd for netcf-transaction
* Sat May  3 2014 Cole Robinson  - 0.2.3-6
- Fix reading bridge stp value (bz #1031053)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1172176 - CVE-2014-8119 netcf: augeas path expression injection via interface name
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172176
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update netcf' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

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Fedora 20: netcf Security Update

May 10, 2015
Security fix for CVE 2014-8119, as well as adding a few other minor bugfixes and enhancements (support for multiple IPv4 addresses, simultaneous static & dhcp for IPv4)

Summary

Netcf is a library used to modify the network configuration of a

system. Network configurations are expressed in a platform-independent

XML format, which netcf translates into changes to the system's

'native' network configuration files.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE 2014-8119, as well as adding a few other minor bugfixes and enhancements (support for multiple IPv4 addresses, simultaneous static & dhcp for IPv4)

Change Log

* Wed Apr 8 2015 Laine Stump - 0.2.8-1 - rebase to netcf-0.2.8 - resolve CVE-2014-8119 - Fix build on systems with newer libnl3 that doesn't - support multiple IPv4 addresses in interface config (redhat driver) - allow static IPv4 config simultaneous with DHCPv4 (redhat driver) - recognize IPADDR0/NETMASK0/PREFIX0 - remove extra quotes from IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES (redhat+suse drivers) - miscellaneous systemd service fixes - use git to apply patches in rpm specfile - allow interleaved elements in interface XML schema - allow element in vlan and bond interfaces - report link state/speed in interface status - change DHCPv6 to DHCPV6C in ifcfg files - max vlan id is 4095, not 4096 - wait for IFF_UP and IFF_RUNNING after calling ifup - don't require IFF_RUNNING for bridge devices - avoid memory leak in debian when listing interfaces - avoid use of uninitialized data when getting mac address (fixes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046594 ) - limit interface names to IFNAMSIZ-1 characters in length - support systemd for netcf-transaction * Sat May 3 2014 Cole Robinson - 0.2.3-6 - Fix reading bridge stp value (bz #1031053)

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1172176 - CVE-2014-8119 netcf: augeas path expression injection via interface name https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172176

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update netcf' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : netcf
Product : Fedora 20
Version : 0.2.8
Release : 1.fc20
URL : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement
Summary : Cross-platform network configuration library

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