In NetworkManager 0.9.2.0, when a new wireless network was created with WPA/WPA2 security in AdHoc mode, it created an open/insecure network.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - NetworkManager: creating new WPA-secured wireless network results in insecure network being created     instead (CVE-2012-2736)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - NetworkManager: creating new WPA-secured wireless network results in insecure network being created     instead (CVE-2012-2736)

  - NetworkManager: Race condition allowing info leak (CVE-2016-0764)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The broken AdHoc WPA mode was disabled in NetworkManager, which would have created an open network instead. (CVE-2012-2736)

USN-1483-1 fixed a vulnerability in NetworkManager by disabling the creation of WPA-secured AdHoc wireless connections. This update provides the corresponding change for network-manager-applet.

It was discovered that certain wireless drivers incorrectly handled the creation of WPA-secured AdHoc connections. This could result in AdHoc wireless connections being created without any security at all.
This update removes WPA as a security choice for AdHoc connections in NetworkManager.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It was discovered that certain wireless drivers incorrectly handled the creation of WPA-secured AdHoc connections. This could result in AdHoc wireless connections being created without any security at all.
This update removes WPA as a security choice for AdHoc connections in NetworkManager.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198652	RHEL 5 : networkmanager (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
198645	RHEL 6 : networkmanager (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
74746	openSUSE Security Update : NetworkManager (openSUSE-SU-2012:1151-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
59755	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 : network-manager-applet vulnerability (USN-1483-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
59754	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 : network-manager vulnerability (USN-1483-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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