Fedora 22: 2015-7767 moderate: NetworkManager DoS Attack Fix
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May 11, 2015
This is an update of NetworkManager, the VPN plugins, applet and connection editor to 1.0.2 stable release
Summary
NetworkManager is a system service that manages network interfaces and
connections based on user or automatic configuration. It supports
Ethernet, Bridge, Bond, VLAN, Team, InfiniBand, Wi-Fi, mobile broadband
(WWAN), PPPoE and other devices, and supports a variety of different VPN
services.
Update Information:
This is an update of NetworkManager, the VPN plugins, applet and connection editor to 1.0.2 stable release.
The update includes bug fixes, feature additions, translation updates and a fix for the CVE-2015-2924 denial of service security issue with low impact.
Topics Covered
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1209902 - CVE-2015-2924 NetworkManager: denial of service (DoS) attack against IPv6 network stacks due to improper handling of Router Advertisements
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209902
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update NetworkManager' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .
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Name: NetworkManager
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 1.0.2
Release: 1.fc22
Summary: Network connection manager and user applications
Topics Covered
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