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Fedora 24 NetworkManager Security Update May 2016 Critical Fix

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
New patch released for NetworkManager in Fedora 24, tackling significant security vulnerabilities. Discover details about this crucial update.
Update to 1.2.0 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:

Update to 1.2.0 release. * Announcement: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ /networkmanager-list/2016-April/msg00064.html * A blog post: https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2016/04/20/networkmanager-1-2-is-here/

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1129818 - nm-applet access already released memory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129818

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 24
Version: 1.2.0
Release: 1.fc24
Summary: Network connection manager and user applications

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