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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-3011-01 Moderate: NetworkManager Security Fix

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A recent NetworkManager upgrade introduces a fix of moderate severity, addressing security vulnerabilities within Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
An update for NetworkManager is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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):
* NetworkManager: user configuration not honoured leaving the connection unauthenticated via insecure defaults (CVE-2020-10754)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* NetworkManager doesn't reconnect after DHCP failure (BZ#1843357)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat bug fix threat mitigation network services NetworkManager

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10754 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
aarch64: NetworkManager-adsl-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-bluetooth-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-cloud-setup-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-cloud-setup-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-debugsource-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-libnm-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-ovs-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-ppp-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-team-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-tui-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-wifi-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm NetworkManager-wwan-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: NetworkManager-adsl-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm NetworkManager-bluetooth-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm NetworkManager-cloud-setup-1.22.8-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm NetworkManager-cloud-setup-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm NetworkManager-debugsource-1.22.8-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm NetworkManager-libnm-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm NetworkManager-ovs-debuginfo-1.22.8-5.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
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Lowest
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3011-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3011
Issue date: 2020-07-21

Topic

An update for NetworkManager is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat bug fix threat mitigation network services NetworkManager

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1841041 - CVE-2020-10754 NetworkManager: user configuration not honoured leaving the connection unauthenticated via insecure defaults

1843357 - NetworkManager doesn't reconnect after DHCP failure [rhel-8.2.0.z]

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