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Fedora: 2018-eb5ea0abaf moderate NetworkManager-vpnc Privilege Fix

fedora
Calendar Grey July 23, 2018
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Update for NetworkManager-vpnc version 1.2.6 addresses security vulnerability linked to privilege escalation on Fedora 28. Installation guidelines provided.
Update to 1.2.6 to fix a local authenticated privilege escalation bug (CVE-2018-10900)

Summary

This package contains software for integrating VPN capabilities with

the vpnc server with NetworkManager.

Update to 1.2.6 to fix a local authenticated privilege escalation bug

(CVE-2018-10900). The issue has been discovered and responsibly disclosed by

Denis Andzakovic: https://pulsesecurity.co.nz/advisories/NM-VPNC-Privesc

* Fri Jul 20 2018 Lubomir Rintel - 1.2.6-1

- Update to 1.2.6 release

- Fix a local authenticated privilege escalation bug (CVE-2018-10900)

* Thu Jul 12 2018 Fedora Release Engineering - 1:1.2.4-8

- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild

[ 1 ] Bug #1605919 - CVE-2018-10900 NetworkManager-vpnc: privilege escalation allows to execute arbitrary commands as root

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1605919

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-eb5ea0abaf' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Change Log

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Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 28
Version: 1.2.6
Release: 1.fc28
Summary: NetworkManager VPN plugin for vpnc

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