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Red Hat: RHSA-2018:3665-01 Important NetworkManager Update

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An update for NetworkManager is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.
Security Fix(es):
* systemd: Out-of-bounds heap write in systemd-networkd dhcpv6 option handling (CVE-2018-15688)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Ubuntu Security Team for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Felix Wilhelm (Google) as the original reporter.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat important network connectivity networkmanager systemd

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15688 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: NetworkManager-1.12.0-8.el7_6.src.rpm
x86_64: NetworkManager-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-adsl-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.12.0-8.el7_6.i686.rpm NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-glib-1.12.0-8.el7_6.i686.rpm NetworkManager-glib-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-libnm-1.12.0-8.el7_6.i686.rpm NetworkManager-libnm-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-ppp-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-team-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-tui-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-wifi-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-wwan-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: NetworkManager-config-server-1.12.0-8.el7_6.noarch.rpm NetworkManager-dispatcher-routing-rules-1.12.0-8.el7_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.12.0-8.el7_6.i686.rpm NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.12.0-8.el7_6.i686.rpm NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.12.0-8.el7_6.i686.rpm NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm NetworkManager-ovs-1.12.0-8.el7_6.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3665-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3665
Issue date: 2018-11-26

Topic

An update for NetworkManager is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update red hat important network connectivity networkmanager systemd

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1639067 - CVE-2018-15688 systemd: Out-of-bounds heap write in systemd-networkd dhcpv6 option handling

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